I’m new to powder coating and have been trying some things and having some problems.

Background:
I built my own oven. I haven’t done a temp. calibration yet.
I have the Redline 250 gun.
I’ve added a ground wire from my spray rack to a ground rod outside my garage.

Successes:
Black on bare steel – looks great
Lollypop Purple on bare steel and bare aluminum – looks great

Failures:

1. Extreme chrome on bare steel and bare aluminum – color separates in places – See picture. Do I need thicker powder, lower temp, longer cook?
My oven has an old house oven temp controller – the powder says 392 for 30 – 60 minutes. I set the dial at very slightly under 400 and cooked for 35 minutes.

2. Illusion Amethyst and Illusion Aquamarine over black. I couldn’t get an even coat of powder to stick. Tried different settings on the gun, didn’t seem to matter

3. Lollypop Purple over Extreme chrome. Had the same problem with powder not sticking evenly. Tried with over Extreme chrome hot right out of curing oven – that’s the dark one. – seemed to get a more even coat of powder on, but then the chrome seemed to lift up and mix with the purple in the oven.
Tried it on Extreme Chrome cold. – very poor powder adherance and some lifting of the chrome into the purple in the oven as well. That’s the light colored one.

Hopefully the picture helps explain my situation. Please advise to what things I should do to correct my problems.

Thank you so much.

Spirit Flyer Creations

Daniel Gilbertson
Readstown, WI

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