How to Powder Coat Metal
Powder coating metal is a handy skill that allows you to repaint just about any metal with a sleeker finish than spray paint. Your results will look more professional, and it's a particularly good skill to have when finishing metal pipes like those on a bicycle. Powder coating can be considerably more expensive than spray painting, but the results will look better. To start, you'll need a basic kit for powder coating, an oven not used for baking and a free afternoon. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- An old oven large enough to fit your metal pieces
- Powder coating gun
- Paint powder
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
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Sandblast or scrape your metal using sandpaper until it is totally clean.
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Load the ink into your powder coating gun using the manufacturer's instructions. The gun will charge the paint particles causing it to stick to the metal.
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Point the gun at the metal about 6 to 12 inches away.
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Put the metal frame in the oven for about 15 minutes to cure the paint.
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Tips & Warnings
Wear gloves and protective eye and mouth coverings when powder coating. Use a spare oven to make sure the chemicals don't contaminate your food.
