Recent content by Maverickv46

Yes. Very yes.

Its a bit more work, but I break the boxes down and then use a blade to cut into manageable rectangles which get stacked vertically inside of a non broken down box. Worked really well before we got the curbside can and I still cut them up even now to save space inside the can.

Ive been doing powder coating myself now for about 6-7 years, starting right about in the same way that it sounds like you are! Fisheyes and craters certainly sounds like oil or water in your air. Some pictures of the defects and info about your compressor and filtration would help there...

I have tried twice to sand the white for some grit and paint in my shop color and I get zero adhesion. Maybe it is the Pittsburg Ultra cheaper paint that I tried it with, maybe not. However I have great adhesion when I use the same paint on the unpainted slatwall.

By far the biggest improvement that you can make to your set up is to drive a dedicated ground rod to ground your parts. I started with an EW gun, and with a real ground and potentially a bit of pre-heat to the parts you can turn out some nice coatings.

Using a Nitro Faze cup gun currently. Pretty happy with it, aside from the fact that I am constantly plugging leaks around the mounting area of the cup to the gun. Also have designed a few nozzles that I want to get 3D printed and trial their effects during coating.

Yea, that is one of the biggest myths about powder coating that there is out there. The total time that the wheels are at temperature of powder coating (~400F) is about 40min (outgass which is a bit hotter than 400F, and cure cycle). Seems like everyone has a story about why coating could be...

Thanks for the encouragement guys! For the benches, I wanted them to be 8' x 2' so that I could just rip a sheet of plywood in half for the tops. Decided on a height I wanted and cut the legs. For the rest of the pieces, I found that I could make stacks of 5 different sized pieces and...

Small Update today. Picture from a few weeks ago as benches were being constructed, painted, and poly applied. Friends asked me if I was planning to open a sweatshop. Working on the motorcycle corner set up, as well as finishing the area in front of the powder spray booth...

No pictures of the shop progress today, but I did push out a few more orders! F150 Aluminum wheels - Blackjack Frame from a 70s CL175? Scrambler. Did a lot of the other brackets and smaller pieces for the bike as well but didnt have a picture of those. Ink Black was the color for this...

Apologies for the lack of updates lately. I **** at documenting projects with pictures, and am working to get better with that! Here is the new spray booth for applying the powder coat nearly operational. This baby is mounted to the ceiling of the rear of the booth. I am taking the...

Thanks guys, hoping to finish up the insulation this weekend so I can move on to the more fun stuff like setting up workstations and getting projects moving. You know, that is one of the most debated pieces about coating, along with the mating surface on the backside and the "damage" from the...

Had another solid day of work yesterday in the shop. Visually, I would have liked to accomplish more of the ceiling work, but between a trip to Menards and having to move all of the big items within the shop twice, I think we did a decent job. Went ahead and bought the soffit baffles to keep...

These are the progress pics from last weekend, been pretty busy this week so that is the delay. Finished off the walls this weekend, so all that is left for this insulation phase is the ceiling insulation and lighting. This first picture is the old sliding barn door location that was...

I am going to snag some pictures this weekend to convey each concept I am going between and get a good visual. Have a motocross race, so we shall see if I fit it in :P The idea of going in between the bottom chord and flush with the top is interesting to me. I do plan to use receptacles and...