A few coating questions

[PhilipK New User Find all posts View Profile Close PhilipK]

Hi, I have a few coating questions.

1. What powder would be best for valve covers, intake manifold, and other engine parts that do not get too hot.

2. Where can I buy the powder coating clear coat?

3. Would Cerakote Coatings suffice for use with exhaust manifold, turbo exhaust, heat shielding, etc?

4. Can I use the Caswell powder coating gun to shoot Cerakote Coatings?

5. If I cannot use that gun, is there an cost effective alternative?

Thank you

[Noob2PC Experienced Metal Finisher Find all posts View Profile Close Noob2PC]

Re: A few coating questions

Hi, I have a few coating questions.

1. What powder would be best for valve covers, intake manifold, and other engine parts that do not get too hot.

I have been using the regular powders.

2. Where can I buy the powder coating clear coat?

Caswell offers clear coat powder

3. Would Cerakote Coatings suffice for use with exhaust manifold, turbo exhaust, heat shielding, etc?

Any of the Tech line coatings will work for Exhaust parts.

4. Can I use the Caswell powder coating gun to shoot Cerakote Coatings?

Yes

5. If I cannot use that gun, is there an cost effective alternative?

Thank you

You can also us other manufactuers coating systems as well. Although I will speak from experiance, support here at caswells is far superior to other places.

[PhilipK New User Find all posts View Profile Close PhilipK]

I have a few more

1. How far does 1 pound of the powder go?

2. How far does 1 quart of Cerakote Chromex go?

3. Can I have a link to the clear coat, because I cannot find it.

Thank you

[dagobert Amateur Metal Finisher Find all posts View Profile Close dagobert]

In answer to number 4, I thought that the ceramic chrome had to be sprayed on as a liquid with an HVLP spray gun? Perhaps I'm mistaken?

[Zpider Amateur Metal Finisher Find all posts View Profile Close Zpider]

In answer to number 4, I thought that the ceramic chrome had to be sprayed on as a liquid with an HVLP spray gun? Perhaps I'm mistaken?

I believe so, isnt that very alike the Techline Cermakrome?

[Noob2PC Experienced Metal Finisher Find all posts View Profile Close Noob2PC]

In answer to number 4, I thought that the ceramic chrome had to be sprayed on as a liquid with an HVLP spray gun? Perhaps I'm mistaken?

DOH!!!!!! yeah, you use a HVLP gun for the Techline Coatings.

[PhilipK New User Find all posts View Profile Close PhilipK]

Ok, how much is a HVLP gun and these 3 questions.

1. How far does 1 pound of the powder go?

2. How far does 1 quart of Cerakote Chromex go?

3. Can I have a link to the clear coat, because I cannot find it.

Thank you

[jtagger19 Experienced Metal Finisher Find all posts View Profile Close jtagger19]

1 hvlp guns run from $20 to $500 you can get nice deals on ebay

2 30-50 sq-ft

3 I'll say you'll get around 15 small 4cl headers but that depends on what gun you have and how much you apply , gravity feed guns are better and the smaller the gun the better for getting in to tight areas .

4 http://www.caswellplating.com/powder/powder_colors.html

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PhilipK wrote:
4. Can I use the Caswell powder coating gun to shoot Cerakote Coatings?
noob said yes!!!!

this is wrong you can not!!!!! all of the above is correct....

Caswell sell's every thing you need .... if it is not on there webpage contact them and they will sell it to you and ship it .. just because you don't see it dose not mean they don't sell it

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PhilipK wrote:
4. Can I use the Caswell powder coating gun to shoot Cerakote Coatings?
noob said yes!!!!

this is wrong you can not!!!!! all of the above is correct....

Yeah, I caught myself, serves me right for posting while on a support call at work!

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i seen that after i posted ..... work is heck when you are trying to read the forum ...... i am on day 12 of my mad powder coating spree... i need to get this stuff done for wold of wheel's and my car is no where close to being done and i got 2 months to finish it !!!!