Powder coat your landing gear
10-01-2004, 09:33 AM
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Powder coat your landing gear
I found a place in my home town that does powder coating. I have done my last two planes and the powder coat gear will take anything. Even hard landings that flex. I have to wait until they are doing the color I want. This beats paint hands down. Dennis
10-01-2004, 11:09 PM
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RE: Powder coat your landing gear
ohh yeah plus powdercoat is really hard to scratch and it just looks so awesome and liquidy. when you get the powdercoat ask them if they can put some corks of something of that idea in the holes so you don;t have to drill the extra powdercoat out.
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RE: Powder coat your landing gear
How much does it cost? I've always used epoxy paints and then baked the gear or spinner in my oven at about 250 for a few hours. It turns rock hard. I've nosed over planes with painted spinners with no chipping. Just a barely noticeably scuff that polished out with fine compound in a couple minutes.
10-22-2004, 05:51 AM
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RE: Powder coat your landing gear
I often get it done at a local paint shop where they do the big stuff like gates and windows etc. Excellent job. He doesnt charge me anyhthing saying that its too small to be charged !!!!!!!
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11-13-2004, 05:40 AM
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RE: Powder coat your landing gear
You can do it yourself with a "Home power coat kit" from the Eastwood Company.
You'll also need a oven. I bought a "built-in" oven at a garage sale, parked it on one end of a work bench, made a 220 ext. cord to get to the drier outlet and I'm set to go. I do my own spinners, landing gear, engine mounts, mufflers and anything else that will fit in the oven.
The only trick is prep, parts must be clean. I clean all parts with steel wool and wipe down with enamel reducer and then dust.
Place parts in pre-heated oven at 450 degrees for 20 min and your done. The most common mistake most people make in not getting enough power on the parts on the first couple of tries. If you screw up, the stuff comes right off with paint stripper.
The power is $10.00 per can, about 50 colors to choose from including translucences and clears.
You'll also need a oven. I bought a "built-in" oven at a garage sale, parked it on one end of a work bench, made a 220 ext. cord to get to the drier outlet and I'm set to go. I do my own spinners, landing gear, engine mounts, mufflers and anything else that will fit in the oven.
The only trick is prep, parts must be clean. I clean all parts with steel wool and wipe down with enamel reducer and then dust.
Place parts in pre-heated oven at 450 degrees for 20 min and your done. The most common mistake most people make in not getting enough power on the parts on the first couple of tries. If you screw up, the stuff comes right off with paint stripper.
The power is $10.00 per can, about 50 colors to choose from including translucences and clears.
11-14-2004, 07:32 PM
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RE: Powder coat your landing gear
I bought a "built-in" oven at a garage sale, parked it on one end of a work bench, made a 220 ext. cord to get to the drier outlet and I'm set to go
That sounds like it is right in electrical code
or not
