So I did my own custom Paint job!!

So i decided to go ahead and get rid of that standard KH blue on my
trials uni. I decided to paint my frame Vermillian Orange. I wanted to
do my paint job the right way so I decided to powdercoat the frame. The
whole project involved chemically stripping the original blue powdercoat
from the frame, preping the bare metal, applying the powdercoat, and
finally curing the coat at 400degrees for about 20mins. In total the
whole project took me about 3-4hours to complete. Hope you like it. I
will probably be posting other powdercoat jobs in the future.
-Click on any of the pictures to enlarge them.-
Final product.
'[image:
http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/63/563/1/1/29/2424101290085764830UIAYaS_th.jpg]'
(http://tinyurl.com/a8kgxq)

Here are some pics of the steps I went through to paint the frame.
'[image:
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(http://tinyurl.com/6u372x)
'[image:
http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/52/752/0/66/28/2058066280085764830cGfuDP_th.jpg]'
(http://tinyurl.com/9fwagu)
'[image:
http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/73/73/5/81/85/2604581850085764830fAAnWG_th.jpg]'
(http://tinyurl.com/7b824g)
'[image:
http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/73/73/4/39/61/2671439610085764830FiHyjL_th.jpg]'
(http://tinyurl.com/86hp9f)
'[image:
http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/52/752/4/87/25/2202487250085764830JxJrip_th.jpg]'
(http://tinyurl.com/745l38)
'[image:
http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/72/172/0/10/56/2527010560085764830xPXSPJ_th.jpg]'
(http://tinyurl.com/7wfb87)
'[image:
http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/52/752/9/83/96/2018983960085764830NxwCZf_th.jpg]'
(http://tinyurl.com/9nyoz5)
'[image:
http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/74/74/5/68/25/2481568250085764830PZYmlF_th.jpg]'
(http://tinyurl.com/98ttfm)


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Looks great with the orange Twisted PC's


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That's so awesome. I want to find a custom powdercoated around my
area...

I have a hard time telling if it's orange or red?

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Nice! Looks really nice, although I would've kept the blue.

Is that a normal oven?


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Yeah the lighting is kinda bad in the photos, but its bright orange. The
oven i used was an old oven from a cafe. It used for powdercoat curing
only now! lol


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Nice J O B.


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wow that's nice! i want to powdercoat mine, and i was starting with
removing the paint. I had this paint remover that you just take on, and
used it several times, but still it just wont go off completely!

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I kind of failed. I just let the paint remover for 1 hour or so and
then after several times ended up like this.. what to do?


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Yobiker;1162225 wrote:
The oven i used was an old oven from a cafe. It used for powdercoat
curing only now! lol


I read that once you powdercoat w/ it you aren't supposed to ever use
it for food again.

I also read you can do it w/ a toaster oven (if getting or storing a
full oven is a problem), but I doubt you'd find one big enough for a
frame. I think I read that agentQ PC'd his cranks several times w/ a
cheap toaster oven.


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skilewis74;1162378 wrote:
I read that once you powdercoat w/ it you aren't supposed to ever use it
for food again.

I also read you can do it w/ a toaster oven (if getting or storing a
full oven is a problem), but I doubt you'd find one big enough for a
frame. I think I read that agentQ PC'd his cranks several times w/ a
cheap toaster oven.



Yeah you deffinatly shouldnt use it for food after using it to cure
paint. Its really tough to get a toaster oven big enough to do frames
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thanks for the replys everybody. i actually powdercoated a KH hub the
same color as the frame, just need to build it into a wheel.


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