dougweil
Well Known Member
Hi all:
I am working on an RV-7 slider. The gray powder coat on the canopy frame, rollbar, and rollbar brace needs to be removed and re-coated to match my off-white interior. I know there are several ways to do this (chemical, bead-blasting, etc). There is a larger commercial powder coat facility nearby that I may use for the refinish job. They use a burn-off oven to strip powder-coated items. Typically an item is in the oven at 900 degrees for 8 hours which results in the coating burning away. This seems to be an industry standard for commercial type operations and I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this process on 4130 steel. The shop indicates no problems. The heating and cooling is done on a specific time schedule but initially I was wondering about warpage.
Any thoughts?
I am working on an RV-7 slider. The gray powder coat on the canopy frame, rollbar, and rollbar brace needs to be removed and re-coated to match my off-white interior. I know there are several ways to do this (chemical, bead-blasting, etc). There is a larger commercial powder coat facility nearby that I may use for the refinish job. They use a burn-off oven to strip powder-coated items. Typically an item is in the oven at 900 degrees for 8 hours which results in the coating burning away. This seems to be an industry standard for commercial type operations and I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this process on 4130 steel. The shop indicates no problems. The heating and cooling is done on a specific time schedule but initially I was wondering about warpage.
Any thoughts?