Few New Bugs for the garden collection

Post by **akpilot** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:34 am

Got some new bugs back from the powder coater, they have been doing an awesome job.

Post by **plasmajoe** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:40 pm

Nice work, love the choice of colors you used.

Plasma Joe

Post by **mdwalker** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:08 pm

akpilot wrote:Got some new bugs back from the powder coater, they have been doing an awesome job.

Looks Great! I haven't done any powder coating & I try not to do any painting as I try to sell all of my work as bare metal. Just out of curiosity what is the cost to have something like this powder coated in your area and what is the approximate dimensions of the bugs. I would guess by the picture that they are roughly 18" long.

Thanks,
Danny

Post by **akpilot** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:46 pm

The powder coating is fairly expensive, the mosquito with the "copper vein" finish cost me $40 and the multi color fades are $75. Your real close on the dimensions the blue mosquito is 19" the CV one is 17" and the bee is about the same. The only reason for that size is I can cut each bug out of a 2x2 piece of metal.....not real scientific

AnotherDano · Post by **AnotherDano** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:05 pm

Consider powder coating as a topcoat only. You'd have to find a paint that can stand up to 350 degrees for about 15 minuets, max.

Testors model paint works, but gets pricey for as much as you'd need. Airbrush the colors as you like them and send it to the coater. But, I'm with you on the pain thing. I have banned it from my shop. Too much setup and cleanup. I do my own powder coating.

The fading gets really tricky too. There is a product sold by the powder companies called 'Liquid to Powder'. It mixes with powder and can be thinned with water, then airbrushed on. It dries back to powder and can be cured, just like it had been applied dry. You have to match the characteristics of the powders you use, as they may have different curing cycles,,, and inter bonding might not work.

Post by **akpilot** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:26 pm

I have been researching PC process and equipment for some time now and have decided to start doing my own PC, I have the shop space and a lot of the equipment. I plan to start with the smaller stuff and work up, it will probably be awhile before I will be able to do a nice fade paint job, but I'll get there

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