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Old 06-15-2017, 02:22 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by ThoR294 View Post
I thought powder coating was for metal only? Doesn't the material have to be like electrically charged? Lol
The most common way of PCing is to electrically charge the item, but you can also suspend the powder in a liquid and spray it on that way, so anything that will take the heat can theoretically be coated including wood, glass, fiberglass etc.

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Originally Posted by Paul Huryk View Post
Unfortunately many materials (like most plastic) cannot be powdercoated to to the high heat of the oven used will deform or even melt the underlying base material. Glass yes, metal yes, fiberglass maybe... Many materials outgas at oven temps and aren't suitable either - wood as an example.
There are plastics that will take the heat of 400 degrees PET is just one of them
http://plastictroubleshooter.com/The...melt_temps.htm

This place PCed an LS manifold with their water/liquid based powder
http://www.pcimag.com/articles/94763-liquid-powder

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