wan6176

is it easy to powder by ourself? to powder coating baja aluminium parts.can aluminium part dipped inside chrome liquid?

splcrazy

lol wan lol , powder coating isnt easy for the home handyman unless your a home handyman with a factory , powder coating alloy you need the special sprayguns and baking ovens , the powder coat goes on dry and looks like a matte finish then goes in the oven to bake , the baking melts the powder coat and thats how it makes it tough and shiny .

Chroming alloy involves hardcasing the alloy part first in brass and then dipping it in chrome , if ya dont do that first the chrome will melt the alloy

and somewhere in your sentence i think you mean annodising lol . powdercoating and chroming is two completely differnt things .

Lunar Wolf

When learning to powdercoat I recommend practicing on your DVD collection first before trying it on anything else.

Foxy

Indeed, powder-coating, chroming, and anodizing are 3 totally different processes.

The answer to your question, is 'no', it is not easy to do it yourself, any of these things, it takes money and some learning.

kengentry5000

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hellya did some powder coating at home once if memory serves me.

looker2756

It's not that it can Not be done. It sure can. You would need a powdercoating gun. The correct color of coating. The process involves charging the metal parts so the powder sticks to it. Then these parts need to baked in an oven to melt the coating. As splcrazy described already.
If you had all of these things it could be done. I would say it's definitely not an easy process for the average guy though.

TurtleRacing

Powder coating is NOT that difficult, but you have to spend some money and time at it. Look at Eastwood for a good starter, go to a second hand store and get a stove as cheap as possible.
They key to good powder is CLEAN. Clean parts, clean DRY air. Dry AIR is very important. After that, practice is important.

hellya

they sell kits for about $200 that comes with everything you need except the oven or a toaster oven...and assorted colors

Powder Coating is applied by spraying powder onto a part, then heating it to fuse the powder onto the part.

An electrical charge is used to attract the powder onto the part.

http://www.caswellplating.com/powder/index.html


I powder coated my MT springs









.....................................they also have anodizing kits...I 've done both....heres my anodizing in blue

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/aluminum.htm

Lunar Wolf

wow, thats real nice! Deifnalty like the springs.

Snaut Rocket

hey do you have any vids of that thing running.

wan6176

den i beter send it for chrome all the suspension part.dats i the aluminium need to be brass 1st den into chrome if not it will melt rite?

hellya

Sorry no videos.....they also have chrome plating kits http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/wheelchrome.html

davido666

Looks like a shelf queen

sheograth

I love hellyas truck

badz

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flame spraying is really neat, we have a shop doing it on base, amazing stuff. http://www.flamesprayinc.com/

chroming isn't very hard to do either there are a lot of people do home chroming and it looks pretty good

splcrazy

now that you mention how they add electrical current to the metal so the powder atrracts to the metal , make sure your in a dust free enviroment too like dont wear clothes that give off loose floating strands of wool like you get on some clothing lol , i see this all the time in my alluminuim powdercoated extrusion at work , not only does the finish look crap it stands out like crap

slawhammer

Hellya: Your powder coating looks very very good..I have done some anodizing at home before..When done I clear coated the item..Turned out close to what you can buy..But have not tried power coating..For my usrage it would be to expensive..
Your Rc stuff looks awsome...Roger

wan6176

in my country everything is restricted dammm fed up

Lunar Wolf

Pirate DVD sales arn't.

wan6176

lunar ur way out of topic..

wan6176

is it ok if i send for chrome plating? if not den i juz send for hard clear anodised the aluminium alloy parts.

looker2756

hellya : Thats some awesome work man ! The powdercoated springs & the blue anodizing both look top notch.

wan6176

anyway i have send them got hard clear anodize.once ready i post the pic