Well, the powdercoating continues as i gather up parts to make my truck run again. And since it had the turbo off anyway, i figured why not try to make it a little more shiny?

Here's what I started with-

Compressor housing before bead blasting




Banks housing




Pedestal




After cleaning, EBPV deletion, and blasting




I know you cant really see the thing once it's installed, but i was havin so much fun i couldn't help but try out a coat of "solar rain" candy on it. I really like the result... Almost a shame you cant see it in the engine bay.



Another view-




So shiny it looks out of place in my dirty engine bay




The comp housing got a coat of chrome powder, then a black tinted clear over that-






The backing plate got the same treatment. The pic gives it a purple tint, it is black.




Banks housing after blasting- forgot to take a pic of it after the ceramic VHT, i'll post one tomorrow




EBPV after valve removal, and cleaning





I couldn't fit my intercooler pipes in my buddy's oven, so i sent them to a local shop to get coated. I love makin stuff shiny! Now i've just got to make sure the neighborhood raccoons dont run off with my shiny parts...

More to come....

 

looks great! how did you get started? Did you buy some kind of kit?

 

That looks awesome man!! You sent the spyder off with the I/C pipes right?

 

Naw, i did it a couple days ago.

 

No, the equipment i'm using belongs to a good buddy of mine, he went to a class and all for powdercoating, and has been teaching me over the last few days how to works. I'm just playing around with powders he already has at the shop, so one of these days i'll get some new colors and have some real fun.
It's amazing to me how many options there are with powdercoating when it comes to color, texture, and heat/corrosion resistance. I'm gonna be doing it alot more, that's for sure.
You can get a decent powder gun for 180-350, and you'll need some various accessories, and some sort of media blasting cabinet (or some alternative method of getting parts perfectly clean) and so in the end you could easily have close to a grand in startup, oh and that's not including the oven, and air compressor to run the blasting cabinet.
I'm not helpful...
Luckily for me, my buddy already has most of this stuff, and is happy to use me and my parts as a guinea pig for new colors and technique. And to say the least, i'm a willing victim.

 

WOW! That is some pretty cool stuff right there Caleb that looks GREAT. That would look great on a set of wheels.

 

Awesome! Everything looks great. I'd love to do some powdercoating myself.

 

dang that looks nice!

 

Wow, you've given me a bug.
Very nice looking.


This sounds like a really good idea.
Chrome delete and coat them the same color as the truck.
Or black where the chrome was and black wheels.
Or the girls could go pink.

 

very cool...one of these days

the wheel idea is great to....my wheels have some not so good spots that wont come off....coating them would be the ticket...again....one of these days

 

That color you put on the pedestal would look awesome on set of wheels. Kind of a blackout, three dimensional look.

 

Wow that looks great!!

 

Nicely done! I thought I did a good thing buy scrubbing all the gunk off when I had my turbo out

 

Glad y'all like it! My buddy and i have been discussing how to build an oven big enough to do things like wheels, motorcycle frames, intercooler pipes, ect. I've always wanted to do a set of rims, like Kwik was saying, the color possibilities could be as unique as the individual. We just need to get ahold of some heating elements, a temp controller, and then decide what to build it out of... I wonder if brick with a steel frame inside would work? Or a steel box with hi temp insulation?

 

I can't wait to see the installed products!