Original Posted By: jim_markle(at)mindspring.com [mailto:jim_markle(at)mindspring.com]
Jim,Call my buddy Jerry at 214 361 0411. He is also CC'd on this email so youcan email him direct. Ask him about the powder coating. I would get theset up from www.eastwoodcompany.com for 129.99 for the multitude of smallparts that you can fit in your oven in the kitchen. Just take the big partslike wing struts and motor mount to the place to have them done. Ask Jerryabout which coating type is most resistant to chipping because some arereally brittle.You are best to also build a small sandblasting cabinet. Back issues of theEAA Chapter 25 (of which I am long time treasurer are available atwww.eaa25.com . Bring up the page and click on the big EAA chapter 25 logoon the left side of the page. This will bring up a page that you can clickon the news tab along the left side. This will bring up the matrix of allthe back issues available. Start with June of 1999. Go to the "Blast It!"article. The series runs every other issue for about 10 installmentsalthough I never did the final installment {:(I also have an article on powdercoating using the eastwood set up on the oldgrant maclaren BPA web page. You can still find this athttp://members.aol.com/bpabpabpa/powder.htmlThe powders available from eastwood seem to be a little soft (no chipping)and work well for our application. Dale Johnson/Greg Cardinal have done allthe parts for their piet using the eastwood powders. If you are willing toeither buy or borrow an infrared heater that uses the propane (jerry hasone), you can even do the big parts yourself but you really need to be ableto sandblast all the parts before the powdercoating.Chris-----Original Message-----