Isabel's West Coast Sister by relentless

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The past couple days I have been playing around with powdercoating parts, mainly bolts, washers, and nuts, but also some bigger parts.  

This brace was cleaned with a wire brush to remove the old paint, then wiped down with a pre-paint prep.



After spraying the part with the powdercoat paint, the part is put into a 400 degree oven and baked (after flow out) for 20 minutes. I use an infrared thermal thermometer to ensure that the temp is correct. Here is the cured part in gloss black.



Here are some old and some new bolts that were powdercoated semi-chrome. The old bolt heads were cleaned up with a wire brush on a drill before being coated.



You can compare the result of the newly coated bolt here installed on the side of the driver's fender well, compared to the two that haven't been powdercoated (located below).





Over time I will get all the fasteners powdercoated in the engine bay. I am also going to re-powdercoat the power steering fluid bracket and radiator fan.