I have a powder coater i use on car and motorcycle parts. I tried it today on my 600 overkill action. I used a satin black powder. I am happey how it looks and it should be as tough as nails.

I like the way that looks. I have never heard of
doing that before.
Gene

I'm familiar with powder coating paint...is that what it is?

I you didnt have a coater the spray on bake finishes would most likely make more sense. We have one we use for car parts so I can do it much cheaper than the cost of a bake on teflon finish. It bakes at the same temp.
Dean

This is a powder that is sprayed on with a special unit that lightly charges the metal so the powder clings to it then you bake it in an oven just like the teflon finishes. If you own a fourwheeler the racks and other painted parts most likely are powdercoated.
Dean

Thank God, you didn't use passionate pink.

Dave

Dean,
nice work... I think I should hve bought that from you!!

powder coating (it's only marginally - in a technical sense - related to painting) is talking "atomized" colored plastic and using a spray gun to put a covering onto the metal piece, which has a charge on it to hold the coating.

you then bake it while keeping the charge on it, to melt the plastic both together AND to surface bond to the metal.

Interesting things about it..there's no chemical procress altering base material surface OR the plastic, it's purely a physical bond.

what does that mean, jeffe?

When you paint or blue, you are actually using 2 chemical processes (call it process groups, if you like, as it's more than"two") to 1: bind the paint to the surface in a chemical action, and 2: "unmelt" the solids in the paint to have it chemically form a solid consistant surface covering.

Or, powder coating only LOOKS like your are painting

Sorry, spent the first 1/2 of my life as a commerical paint contractors company and then ran my own speciality coating business.

jeffe

Nopride2 I thought about bright orange to match the harley but settled on satin black.

Jeffe you know alot more about powder coating than I. I used one of the low dollar kits from Eastwoods.
Now that bike riding is about over I can start on my rifles again. Takes most of my spare time to keep my 1950 and 1984 Harleys running during the summer. Not sure how great of a choice powder coting was but i didnt want to deal with the chemicals of blueing and rust blueing is such a pain.
Trust me you would have done a much better job than I did on the 600ok. You could point out screwups all day on mine. But its my first from scratch (I did all but chamber the barrel even made all the sights ramps and barrel band. and it shoots so far.
Dean

Dean,
Your rear receiver is FAR superior to what I normally wind up with.. I think you've done a damn good job...

just remember, when you are powder coating, where a GOOD face mask... that fine dust is, well, to put it nicely, an expecorant...

but you you happen to get a good nose/lung full, it will be weeks getting it all clear of your sinus' and chest

keep up the good work

jeffe

Looks nice. How is the wear and abrasion resistance?

I dont know how it will hold up on a rifle but it holds up great on motorcycle frames car frames and even fourwheeler racks and ect.
Dean

What is the mil thickness? Is it a polyester powder. I have E coated some parts and they turned out nice. I do like the powder finish better.

nice finish. that barrel is so fat, it looks like it is only 22" long! the only thing that helps is the chair in the background as a size reference.

I had the wheels and towing assembly on my old 4x4 powder coated two years ago. That stuff is rugged and very weather resistant. Only part of the truck that looks good (other than my girlfriend and the two German Shorthair Pointers that is). It definitely adds some mils to the part thickness.

LD

I wouldnt have picked the powdercoating over teflon coating if I didnt already have all the stuff so it basically cost me pennies. Ill give it a try and after hunting season let you all know how it holds up. I am also doing my sons springfield 30-06.
I would guess it isnt much thicker than the teflon coating. If you only spray one light coat. But you can spray more than one coat and it will build up fast.
Dean

tonto is this some do it yourself type kit?

It looks great and my first thought was, I wonder if he'd do my .22-250? It's not something I'd want to be shipping and all but I love the look, and would like to tone down my .22-250's shiny barrel.

So do tell some specifics. What kit, how'd you "bake" it? Special process? Nate

Bignate
Here is a link to the hotcoater we have.
powdercoating
as you can see if you had to buy it all it would cost some bucks to get set up. After set up a can of powder I bet would do over 25 guns for less than $10. We bake our stuff in an old oven. I am going to build a longer oven just for longer things like longer rifle actions. I would think for someone not set up the bake on finishes from Brownells would be a better choice. I have used the bake on matte black and it looks about the same.
Dean

There are lots of companys that do powder coating. You could probably find some in your phone book. It was developed as a more enviromentally friendly coating process than painting as there are no v.o.c.'s(solvents). I'll be interested to see how it holds up over time. The hunters we have had with Teflon coatings seem to have it wear off pretty quick.