DIY Powder Coating Guns and Equipment

[Shox Dr]

Hi Shox, Interesting Caswell gave you time to pay !!!!!

I wish. Proforma= No money = no goodies. The best I've ever had on Proforma is "passing in the post" where a company you have dealt with in the past, is willing to send out the goods, before they receive the payment, so long as it's in the post.

Being a newbie I don't understand. Surely adjusting the power on a gun is simply increasing the PSI on the compressor or do you mean the electric current in the item being coated please?

The important adjustment is current, without this getting the powder to even go into tight areas is nye-on impossible,so is more than one coat.

Which is a good start do you think. Electromagic/Eastwood or the more expensive caswell unit? or should that be, why did you choose the more expensive caswell system?

To be honest if you think you will only use it a few times or now and then, and are basing your purchase on that, (ie going for the cheapest kit), then it really isn't worth the high learning curve, and hassle of starting in the first place. A caswell setup will only cost £150+VAT more than the others, I only need to do a few bits and that money is recovered, mostly by petrol, and time to and fro.

I might be totally wrong, but I would rather spend 350quid once

Personally i wouldn't have a chassis done, my coater didn't recommend it either.

Interesting why is that (already have my own thoughts on the subject)

 

[steve.h]

I wonder, I know it would null any warranty but could you wire in some sort of voltage control/dial so the voltage could be adjustable on the cheaper models ??

 

[Shox Dr]

It's not a case of dropping the voltage. They don't produce enough.

 

[Coppers Lot]

To be honest if you think you will only use it a few times or now and then, and are basing your purchase on that, (ie going for the cheapest kit), then it really isn't worth the high learning curve, and hassle of starting in the first place. A caswell setup will only cost £150+VAT more than the others, I only need to do a few bits and that money is recovered, mostly by petrol, and time to and fro.

I might be totally wrong, but I would rather spend 350quid once

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Interesting points, although I have read that the Caswell model is prone to damage if one is not careful.

 

[Shox Dr]

Damage in what way? Any links

 

[Coppers Lot]

I will have to try and find it again, I'll pm you when I find it.

 

[Coppers Lot]

Done and sent.

 

[graffian]

Th electorstaticmagic gun is available with an adjustable power supply, something like 150 quid more?
There are loads of guns available, one that looks good is the KoolKoat, 100kv and lot's of forum people use it and like it. I am tempted.. Looking at the next step up in the price range, from the cheapies, they don't look any better.

For extra coats your meant to turn the voltage down! Well that's what I read, doesn't sound right. To get the powder into corners you want to drop the voltage[that does sound right] I find just dumping the powder into the corner with no volts then when the voltage is back on give the area a wiff from the gun and it looks fine.

I have put on up to 5 coats on with the electrostatic magic gun.

 

[Shox Dr]

A Kool Koat 3 will set you back 600quid plus import Duty and VAT, so 750-800quid The KK 02 about 100quid less. So still twice as much as a Caswell

I only ever found 2 systems from electorstaticmagic, £119 without stand and £175 with. Their site makes on mention of adjustable voltage, do they still do it?

What forums are you referring to?

You clearly have far more experience than has been posted in this thread so far care to pass some of that on

 

[Engineer]

Cheap powder guns sound a bit like Chinese welding sets..................lol

 

[Coppers Lot]

Here is a site that might interest and answers trhe questions about where to fine the HS-02, Koolkoat etc
http://www.columbiacoatings.com/

I notice that they have one gun
http://www.columbiacoatings.com/Hyper_Smooth_Systems_s/681.htm

That might be the electromagic gun but for half the price ! (£51 + shipping etc)

Thanks for the info about your experiences, fantastic. Do you have any pictures of what you have done that you might like to share please graffian?

 

[graffian]

Here is a site that might interest and answers trhe questions about where to fine the HS-02, Koolkoat etc
http://www.columbiacoatings.com/

I notice that they have one gun
http://www.columbiacoatings.com/Hyper_Smooth_Systems_s/681.htm

That might be the electromagic gun but for half the price ! (£51 + shipping etc)

Thanks for the info about your experiences, fantastic. Do you have any pictures of what you have done that you might like to share please graffian?

You can get the cheap gun from Harbor Freight for something like $49.
I did think of getting one, shipping was something like $60, but that was for up to 150lbs so you could buy more stuff and flog it.
It's not the elctromagic gun, they sell the PC-03, if you really twal the net you can find all the indian and chinese suppliers, I mailed them direct and got prices; th eonly one that was much less then the resellers was the redline gun. I still get emails from the companies asking "why you not buy my nice powder coating gun"

Ok her's a pic that you might be able to see the pitting;-)

er I can't seem to find a pic of it after coating, ahh found one of it in the oven.

I think that had two coats of epoxy and was filled before having a layer of polyester.