Well it sounds like IR lights are definetly worth having. When I am under the IR lights and the peice is bigger than the light what happens to the powder coat in the over lap area.
I don't think I have ever used a IR light before. Can you bring me up to speed on how it works.
Also on my chassis how far out will the light reach to be effective and with these lights if you get to close does it change the operating temp of the surface that is being worked.
I was thinking that I can hang the chassis and place lights under and above and on both sides. This should eliminate any shadowing, will this work like a oven.
I usually do most projects a little overboard and error on the overkill side. But in this case I plan on doing just a few chassis's a year and most likely at about the same time and I would prefer not to use up such a large area in my garage with the oven.
Our actual race shop is about 35 miles from my home and I would certainly think that having the ability to make powder coat repairs their with out a total dis assembly and transfer to the oven at my work shop would be so much more conveninet.
I guess my big question is about the over lap in lighting when you move to the next section and how many lights would it take to make the chassis think it was in the oven that I was going to build so that it could be done all at once? Or is this necessary? I am truly green to this so all your insight is greatly appreciated. All the coating I have done to this point is with the hobby plating equipment.
Thanks
Jeff
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