Powder Coat System from Sears?!?!

[John Gutmann]

turn your toaster oven upside down?

[viking1902]

In the above pictures, if you look at the inside of the pulley where the grounding wire was strung through, it appears that there is a bit of built up powder where the wire touched the pulley. Is there any way to prevent that from happening? Does it even make a difference noticeable enough to justify correcting the problem?

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by viking1902

In the above pictures, if you look at the inside of the pulley where the grounding wire was strung through, it appears that there is a bit of built up powder where the wire touched the pulley. Is there any way to prevent that from happening? Does it even make a difference noticeable enough to justify correcting the problem?

Yes, there is a little bit of a build up where the wire was. I don't know of any way to get rid of that other than a sharp razor blade after the powder has cooled and the wire removed. The powder is capable of building up in corners just like paint and the wire attracts the powder just like the part does. The wire leaves less of a mark than the alligator clip or if the part was rested directly on the rack. I would say when tieing the part up try to place the wire where it would be less visible if it leaves any marks. Adjusting the air pressure and the angle at which you're spraying may help also.

The mark isn't visible in my case since that area bolts directly to the waterpump shaft. The spacer and the fan blade itself bolts onto the other side. Everytime I've done parts I've wired them up so the wire passes through a fastner hole. This way the bolt, screw, or washer will hide all or most of the mark once the part is installed.

Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

turn your toaster oven upside down?

I see your point, and I didn't even think of that, but I don't think it would be good for the toaster oven, or at least the one I have. The back of mine has louvers stamped into the rear panel facing one way. If I reversed that then it may not vent properly. It may not start a fire but it may cook hotter/colder than what I set the knob to. Unless I wanted to conduct an experiment with it empty and a thermometer before hand I wouldn't try it.

The top of the oven also lacks feet so it would have to be propped up on something.

Toaster oven are simple devices and there isn't much to them. It took less than an hour to remove the screws, take off the cover, drill the holes, mount the screws, and then replace the cover and screws. The rack doesn't exactly "slide" but it can be placed in there and stay up top so the parts can be suspended.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Signal Red, Rainforest Green, Satin Black, Signal Blue...


Hey! Where's the Woodside Orange?

Not much of a selection they offer. I would only consider buying this if there was some way to purchase more colors. I know absolutely nothing about this so is it possible to use just any-old-powder? Or can you only use the powders from sears (with the sears gun of course).