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====== REF: Custom Painting ====== | ====== REF: Custom Painting ====== | ||
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- | ====== Powder Coating ====== | + | ====== Painting - Powder Coating ====== |
- | The work involved in powder coating is about 90% Prep. ((mct496 of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1617845&page=2)) \\ | + | The work involved in powder coating is about 90% Prep. ((mct496 of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/149106-has-anyone-ever-seen-a-wooden-powder-coat-oven/page2?t=1617845&page=2)) \\ |
It's good to bake parts before powder coating at a higher temp than you would powder coat at to bake the impurities out of it. \\ | It's good to bake parts before powder coating at a higher temp than you would powder coat at to bake the impurities out of it. \\ | ||
- | Also you can flash heat the parts with a propane torch to clear any moisture that may have been attracted to the cleaned part. ((simeli of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1617845&page=2)) \\ | + | Also you can flash heat the parts with a propane torch to clear any moisture that may have been attracted to the cleaned part. ((simeli of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/149106-has-anyone-ever-seen-a-wooden-powder-coat-oven/page2?t=1617845&page=2)) \\ |
And preheat any tight areas and drop the powder on the gun as you coat to make sure that it gets coverage there as well. \\ | And preheat any tight areas and drop the powder on the gun as you coat to make sure that it gets coverage there as well. \\ | ||
====== Ovens Used ====== | ====== Ovens Used ====== | ||
- | You can use a gutted and steel lined upright freezer for an oven. ((flippindakgb of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1617845&page=2)) \\ | + | You can use a gutted and steel lined upright freezer for an oven. ((flippindakgb of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/149106-has-anyone-ever-seen-a-wooden-powder-coat-oven/page2?t=1617845&page=2)) \\ |
- | {{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_in_the_oven_by_chuckthebeatertruck.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by Chuckthebeatertruck of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1820462&page=9)) | + | {{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_in_the_oven_by_chuckthebeatertruck.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by Chuckthebeatertruck of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/169628-59-xlh-refurb/page9?t=1820462&page=9)) |
- | ===== Homemade Cabinet Oven ===== | + | |
+ | ===== Homemade Cabinet Oven ===== | ||
Homemade powder coating cabinet made by XLFORUM member simeli: \\ | Homemade powder coating cabinet made by XLFORUM member simeli: \\ | ||
Using 5000 watts of heater element it reaches 450° in 15 minutes. \\ | Using 5000 watts of heater element it reaches 450° in 15 minutes. \\ | ||
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It should be about 30-35 minutes of actual time to watch the work and manually control. | It should be about 30-35 minutes of actual time to watch the work and manually control. | ||
- | | Homemade powder coating cabinet. ((photos by simeli of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1617845)) |||| | + | | Homemade powder coating cabinet. ((photos by simeli of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/149106-has-anyone-ever-seen-a-wooden-powder-coat-oven?t=1617845)) |||| |
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===== Frame ===== | ===== Frame ===== | ||
- | | Prep ((photo by simeli of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1617845&page=3)) | | + | | Prep ((photo by simeli of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/149106-has-anyone-ever-seen-a-wooden-powder-coat-oven/page3?t=1617845&page=3)) | |
|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_1_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}| | |{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_1_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}| | ||
- | | After Pics. ((photos by simeli of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1617845&page=3)) ||| | + | | After Pics. ((photos by simeli of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/149106-has-anyone-ever-seen-a-wooden-powder-coat-oven/page3?t=1617845&page=3)) ||| |
|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_2_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_3_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_4_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}| | |{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_2_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_3_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_4_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}| | ||
|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_5_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_6_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_7_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}| | |{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_5_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_6_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_the_frame_7_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}| | ||
===== Fuel Tank ===== | ===== Fuel Tank ===== | ||
+ | | Powder coated fuel tank. ((photos by simeli of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/149106-has-anyone-ever-seen-a-wooden-powder-coat-oven/page4?t=1617845&page=4)) ||| | ||
+ | |{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coated_fuel_tank_1_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coated_fuel_tank_2_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coated_fuel_tank_3_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}| | ||
- | | Powder coated fuel tank. ((photos by simeli of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1617845&page=4)) ||| | ||
- | |{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coated_fuel_tank_1_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coated_fuel_tank_2_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coated_fuel_tank_3_by_simeli.jpg?direct&300|}}| | ||
===== Carburetor ===== | ===== Carburetor ===== | ||
- | + | | Before. ((photo by raptor30se of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-intake-and-exhaust/sportster-motorcycle-air-intake-carburetor-efi-fuel-and-exhaust/60963-powder-coat-carb?t=351161)) | Prep ((photo by raptor30se of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-intake-and-exhaust/sportster-motorcycle-air-intake-carburetor-efi-fuel-and-exhaust/60963-powder-coat-carb?t=351161)) | | |
- | | Before. ((photo by raptor30se of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=351161)) | Prep ((photo by raptor30se of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=351161)) | | + | |
|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_carb_1_by_raptor30se.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_carb_2_by_raptor30se.jpg?direct&300|}}| | |{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_carb_1_by_raptor30se.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:paint:powder_coating_carb_2_by_raptor30se.jpg?direct&300|}}| | ||
- | | Individual parts powder coated and installed with the intake manifold done as well. ((photos by raptor30se of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=351161)) ||| | + | | Individual parts powder coated and installed with the intake manifold done as well. ((photos by raptor30se of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-intake-and-exhaust/sportster-motorcycle-air-intake-carburetor-efi-fuel-and-exhaust/60963-powder-coat-carb?t=351161)) ||| |
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