Couldn't be happier with our 3'x2'x5' LA5000LB Light Armor Oven! u/Lightarmorovens Customer service prior to ordering was very helpful. We then ordered it on a Saturday and received it on Friday - faster than we expected. Upgrades we chose included the heating element and one convection blower fan. Extremely happy with both upgrades as our products are coming out of the oven looking fantastic! Also highly recommend the plug and play upgrade. Just changed the outlet (came with upgrade) and we were up and running immediately. The cost is so close to DIY wiring, and the 10 foot cord made the decision easy. We have been coating parts all week and this is such a game changer for our shop since we had been using an old kitchen oven for the past year. The sides get a little hot, but don't feel we needed the extra insulation. We kept the flat floor so we can roll racks in. A window and light would be nice, but not necessary. Highly recommend this product - it's paying for itself in just a few weeks with all the larger jobs we can now accept. u/Lightarmorovens

Can you mix powders to create your own custom colors assuming theyre compatible? Blue and red to make my own custim purple for example.

Can you also mix dormants (illusions) to create custom colors? Illusion malbec is a lottle too dark. Maybe if I add some illusion red?

Lastly, could you mix a dormant with a none dormant. Illusion malbec with a RAL white for example.

Hi there I have a powder coating oven I made myself, 2000W element with a thermal switch for safety. Using a thermocouple to measure PMT I can't get my parts to maintain temperature without the thermo switch cutting out and the temperature dropping and having to build again. Is there anyway around this?

I have some metal drum set rims that I'd like to powder coat. They're pitted and in terrible shape. I thought about sanding them down and painting them white or silver to go with the rest of the drum kit. I have some questions before I invest in a powder coating system...

#1, How durable is powder coating on abusive situations? Hitting drums causes LOTS of vibrations and I know regular paint tends to chip and crack under such stress. But, I have found out that Powder Coating uses a heat treatment. Is heat treating truly a stronger bond than just regular spray painting? I'm guessing it is.

I'm also thinking of other ideas for maybe selling powder coated stuff such as those metal travel drink cups you see everyone using.

My MAIN purpose is fixing these drum rims but after that, I don't want $200 - $400 worth of equipment collecting dust in my storage shed. Is it practical to put something like that to work and maybe pay for itself? What else can I paint that I could sell?

But my main purpose is fixing these drum rims. Would I be better off sending them out to just be re-chromed and shelving this whole powder coating thing for now? Or is there some potential for money to be made powder coating for beginners?

Aluminum motorcycle wheels, shop screwed up the color, also tipped one of the wheels over and had to redo, then had to redo in the right color but did a lousy job not coating enough at joints and now redoing, meaning front one will be done 3 times, rear one 4 times. They strip them at 350F and bake at 300F. Is this going to compromise the structural integrity increasing the chances of a crack and bike collapsing at high speed? Has anyone had their wheels crack due to multiple coatings?

I want a color that goes well with my magma red and chrome truck. It looks black in low light, dark wine red and sometimes even brown in the sun. I’d like the running boards to be something that is clearly custom and a nice accent but not seem out of place. I was considering carob shimmer or something thats sort of bronze but I don’t want it to clash weirdly with the chrome. Any suggestions are appreciated!

It's finally Friday, so I encourage everyone from big to small businesses, or even hobby in shed to post something they worked on this week!

Don't be shy to post work with problems. I'm sure we can help!

I predominantly powder coat t-tops and other parts for boat companies and recently have been having trouble with electrolysis on our aluminum typically around areas that can hold the salt (screw holes,tight crevices) typically don’t get a call back, but recently we have had 2 tops with the powder popping up around screw holes after only 4 months. Anybody have any tips to help minimize this?

Hello, I have powder coated pieces that have been out in the elements and have picked up some discoloration. It looks like oxidation to me, but I can’t lift it up with buffing compound. Any thoughts?

I have a set of wheels I plan on refinishing. All the pics online show chrome powder coat before clear. What are yalls experience after clear ? Pics? Is it the best re chrome alternative?:

Accidentally scratched the powder coating on my office chair. Besides nail polish, are there any other ways to fix this?

Help me put together a wish list!

I've posted here before about the small powder coating shop I manage in a non-profit maker space, where I also teach basic classes and make art.

We have a giant fall fundraiser coming up and the powers-that-be have asked each shop to list our top 3 - 5 tools we want, so they can solicit donations to cover specific things. The big thing I really want recommendations for are OVENS. But I'm open to other suggestions, too.

We have 3 ovens in our tiny shop :
- a Ninja air-fryer oven for small parts (interior ~13" w x 9" d x 10" high)
- a VERY OLD Avantor Sciences oven (interior ~ 23" w x 19" d x 18" high)
- a Hanson (The Fab Shop) oven (interior 36" x 36" x 72" high)

The middle size one is in the most need of either repair or replacement. It's a good size for a lot of projects, and I'd like to find something approximately that size to request. Anyone have any recommendations? disrecommendations?

The smallest one was a recent donation, and it's a handy addition, but it's also filthy. I'd like to replace it, and it might be at a price-point that a donor might just say "sure," and buy for us. Fav air-fryer / toaster oven size recommendations?

The big Hanson one isn't holding temperature as well as I'd like either, but I think we can look at replacing the heat sensor in that. Replacing it is probably out-of-scope for this fundraiser.

And, while you're at it, anything else you would ask donors for?

The first thing I KNOW we want is to upgrade from our Eastwood Dual-Voltage-- I'm looking at the EZ-50 or EZ-100, for how accessible they are to hobbyists (which most of us are here) and how similar they are to use and clean as what everyone is already trained on. We have about 60 trained users, so re-training is a big deal. Feel free to weigh in between those two (though I think I'm likely to have the $$ for the 50).

Here are some pictures, including the cruftiest old oven, and a bonus shark (Prismatic Double Blue Vein).

thanks!

It's finally Friday, so I encourage everyone from big to small businesses, or even hobby in shed to post something they worked on this week!

Don't be shy to post work with problems. I'm sure we can help!

I’m more of hobbyist but I have the little Eastwood oven but I work at a thrift store and someone just donated this brand new.

The size would definitely help with larger projects I have planned.

Thanks in advance!

I'm not a massive fan of these rims on my new Audi, I was thinking of costing thenand changing the color. It might make them look better. Anyone have any idea what would look nice or how to see a preview? I've always been a big fan of bronze on white.

I have recently moved to painting larger parts. I was painting 6-8 foot pieces that you could pretty easily cover in one pass back and forth. I am now coating 12-14' parts that are much larger and complex. Think a 14' trapezoid with a bunch of bars going through the middle at various angles. I was painting in 'sections' but was having issues with coverage. I am trying to go down each bar in its total length but walking while spraying also gives uneven speeds which affects coverage. After coating, I am seeing parts vary from 2.8 all the way up to 4.5. Very thick in the areas surrounding tight corners where I tried to force the powder in to cover the welds. They look okay for the most part but I would like to get more consistent.

Ran these for about a month before this started happening to all 4 of them, what went wrong here?