ill post pics up tomorrow, i think its the fact that it was 30 degrees, i think i need to heat the part, thats what everyone seems to recommend... im picking up and old oven tomorrow thats interior is 24 wide, 18 high, and 20 long. 30$ lol... it works too. but ima try heating the part

 

Yeah heating the part should help if it is that cold out also.

Awesome, just make sure its an electric oven, not a gas one. I got my big electric oven for free that some people threw out in their back yard. I asked them if I could buy it and they just said to take it . The city came and took it away though, for some reason they said we can't have it sitting in our yard.

 

do you remember the dimensions lol? i saw somewhere that you were supposed to heat it 400 degrees for 4 to 5 minutes, then coat it, it helps it stick and stay supposedly... i am trying to get it down pretty well before i start working on my car, but looks like the oven is big enough to fit a rim in... but for now its small stuff. only get to play much durin weekend... college is a priority...

 

I really cant remember off the top of my head. I know an 18" wheel would fit into the oven, but it stuck out a little bit so the door wouldnt close all the way. The door would be open like 3-4" and I didn't want to do that.

Yeah I did a few test peices before I stuck anything I needed in there. I had a few spare valve covers from old cars that I cleaned up and coated just for practice. It really helped too.

 

lol how exactly do you get "spare" valve covers...? lol that sounds like an interesting story... what all do you use to prep the parts?

 

They were just random valve covers off junker cars. I got them for free from a friend that had a few blown motors in his backyard haha, not s2000 ones though, one was from a accord, and the other 2 were from DSMs.

For those I either use paint stripper, or a wire brush to get all of the material off of them, if its not just the bare metal the powder wont stick to it. So I just cleaned them up like that until it was all bare metal, then coated them.

 

ah, makes sense, i wish i had some to practice on lol. I am kinda excited bout getting the oven today, and maybe in a few weeks i can get my s2k stock wheels done...

 

Haha yeah it will be nice to have that big of an oven. If you ever decide to do your wheels or anything, I would definetly get them sand blasted before doing so. That will remove all of the material and coating off of them, and will leave a perfectly smooth surface and everything. That way you don't have to go through the trouble with paint stripper and such.

 

i have a sandblaster, and a parts washer, either way i can get it stripped lol... may do both. I wonder if a little powder INSIDE the valve cover would matter? wouldnt it just bake, cure, and not be affected by the oil? just wonderin. What all steps do you do when you coat? and have you done other stuff? post some pics if you can

 

Ohh even if a little gets in there, it isnt going to do anything. Once its baked and everything its not going anywhere. You don't have to worry about a little bit getting in there. People have oil leaks and stuff all the time on their powdercoated valve covers and such, and it just cleans off from my experience anyways.

Yeah i've done a lot of smaller parts, not to many big parts. Of course the only pics I have are the parts I did in the Black Chrome color like in my DIY. I'll post some pics here in a bit.