Powdercoated a few things this weekend...

Passenger · Feb 21, 2009

Looks good man. What happened to your elbow?

Paul · Feb 21, 2009

Wrench slipped while I was changing oil... thumped my elbow on the car and split myself open pretty good. It was bizarre.

JustinYellow94GTvert · Feb 21, 2009

Very nice! I would like to get into this, but I don't think there is that large of a market here and don't wanna get into it unless I can make a little $$ at it.

Dalamar · Feb 22, 2009

looking good Paul!

dutch · Feb 22, 2009

man that SWEET!

MustangChris · Feb 23, 2009

that red is siiiick!

Paul · Feb 23, 2009

I've been doing a bunch of work for my friend's 1984 Mercury Capri RS Turbo. Here's a couple of pics of what it looks like as of yesterday:

Paul.

Dalamar · Feb 23, 2009

that looks really nice Paul!

you need to come work on my 67 motor, it needs some love.
I got a room all made up for you. it even reached 50 degrees today!

Matt94GT · Feb 23, 2009

Nice, when you do more of that candy apple post pics, I like it!

Dalamar said:
that looks really nice Paul!

you need to come work on my 67 motor, it needs some love.
I got a room all made up for you. it even reached 50 degrees today!

After you go by Jeffs take the road up to my place lol.

Paul · Feb 23, 2009

Dalamar said:
that looks really nice Paul!

you need to come work on my 67 motor, it needs some love.
I got a room all made up for you. it even reached 50 degrees today!

You couldn't drag me kicking and screaming into those kind of temps. There are plenty of 1 and 2 acre lots available right across the road from me. Go ahead and move down.

Matt94GT said:
Nice, when you do more of that candy apple post pics, I like it!

After you go by Jeffs take the road up to my place lol.

I think I'm going to try a set of valve covers in candy red translucent. I'll post pics when they're done.

You don't get any more stuff until you install the valve covers I sent you!!! :violent1:

ccasion14:

Paul.

whty98 · Feb 23, 2009

Those look amazing, pays to be a friend of yours.

Paul · Feb 23, 2009

whty98 said:
pays to be a friend of yours.

LOL - it's all give and take. Lots of folks have helped me out too over the years. That engine belongs to my best friend. He's made me countless custom made billet things over the years - he's got two CNC mills in his garage! (He made that timing pointer too)

Paul.

OnyxCobra · Feb 24, 2009

Yeah Paul that looks great man. Very nice tasteful work.

Paul · Feb 24, 2009

Thanks! That's what I'm going for!

The ENTIRE motor is powdercoated. Everything. Even the block and cylinder head. We went off the deep end a bit with this one. LOL

OnyxCobra · Feb 24, 2009

What's the normal temperature powdercoat can withstand?

5litrarag · Feb 24, 2009

Paul said:
mikey94gt said:

Maybe start getting stuff for cheap, powder coat to experiment, and sell for profit on Ebay.

Click to expand...

I blasted a ton more crap today, including a complete 94-95 5.0 accessory drive setup with EVERYTHING. I may just sell that on eBay.

Paul.

Ok... tell me more about those 94-95 pieces....I think you posted that to grab my attention.

I just finished pulling a bunch of crap off my stroker car over the weekend in preparation for teardown and was looking at how difficult it would be to do all that stuff. But if I can exchange them plus cash I'd be open to the idea. Although I dont think my tensioner is worth a crap.... anyway, Those coolant crossover tubes in the picture look incredible. What was done to them? Were they just media blasted and then coated in matte black?

5litrarag · Feb 24, 2009

One mroe thing Paul, did you coat the black pulleys on the tensioners too?

01SportChic · Feb 24, 2009

damn, that is awesome! is that an 'at home' powder coating station/kit, or is that what you do for a living? I think that stuff is so cool!

Paul · Feb 24, 2009

OnyxCobra said:
What's the normal temperature powdercoat can withstand?

Most powdercoat cures around 400 degrees, and high temperature stuff even higher than that. If you want crazy heat resistance (like for the hotside of a turbo) then 2000* ceramic paint is the way to go.

5litrarag said:
Ok... tell me more about those 94-95 pieces....I think you posted that to grab my attention. I just finished pulling a bunch of crap off my stroker car over the weekend in preparation for teardown and was looking at how difficult it would be to do all that stuff. But if I can exchange them plus cash I'd be open to the idea. Although I dont think my tensioner is worth a crap.... anyway, Those coolant crossover tubes in the picture look incredible. What was done to them? Were they just media blasted and then coated in matte black?

I'd probably be willing to sell mine to you, then have you send me yours back in exchange. The cost would depend on how much sanding/prep you wanted done first, and what color you wanted.

The coolant tube was just blasted and coated matte black. I did that for my notch too and it looks cool as hell. I did my coil bracket, hood latch, bumper cover supports, and other various things in flat black to match too.

See, here's my motor for the notch: