Powder coating is one of the most durable coatings there is, but it also is one of the most difficult to remove if you want to recoat it. Powder Coating is baked on and cures to an extremely hard finish that is difficult to even remove with mechanical methods. We’ve worked hard over the years to find the easiest way to remove powder coating and decided to show you the process below.
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How to Build a Custom Hot Rod Dash
In this tech article we’ll show you how to make this custom hot rod style dash that would have gauges all the way across. We’ll be using the Eastwood bead roller, the shrinker, stretcher, and the punch bead knockout dies. This process can be used to design and fabricate your own custom dash for your next project vehicle.
Paint Gun Spray Tip Sizes- When to use Each
On TV it always looks oh-so-simple; just pour the paint in the paint gun, pull the trigger and you end up with a beautiful mile-deep paint job! I’d hate to break it to you but it’s not quite that easy and it takes years of practice to get those results. You can however reduce the room for error by educating yourself on what tools and accessories are the best for your paint job. This included which size tips to use in your HVLP paint gun and when to use each. Below we give a list of the common size spray tips and when/where to use them.
How to Apply Clear Coat to Plastic – 5 tips
Plastic; much like metal comes in different grades for different uses. In modern times cars , motorcycles, and just about everything else comes with a significant amount of plastic in its makeup. With cars coming with so much plastic on them you may want to paint or clear coat the plastic to seal up the paint and add a gloss to the surface. The type of plastic can dictate if or how you clear coat the plastic. If the part is a made of a extremely flexible plastic that will see a lot of movement or abuse you may want to apply the clear coat differently than an extremely hard plastic like a delrin. We decided to give a few tips for applying clear coat to plastic down below.
How Does Powder Coating Cure?
Powder Coating is one of the strongest coatings on the market and is something that started off as an industrial coating that was only available in mass production. Eastwood was the first to bring this industrial coating to the home hobbyist and we’ve been leading the DIY powder coating world ever since. With powder coating guns and supplies becoming more cost effective no longer is powder coating only for automotive related items. We’re seeing everything from fishing lures, ammunition, to glass being powder coated and we often are giving beginners a crash course in powder coating. In this article we go over what causes powder to cure and what you need to cure powder on your next project.
Top 5 Tools to Remove Stuck and Broken Bolts
Broken bolts and hardware is the bane of a classic car enthusiasts existence. It can ruin your day if they are bad. We have found that some methods are better than others for removing broken bolts. The process and time it takes to remove the old broken hardware depends on how delicate the area is that you’re removing the broken bolt from. Sometimes you can’t use heat because of rubber, plastic, or paint surrounding the area or others you surrounding area is a heavy cast piece of metal you can use the power of fire and heat. Read below for our favorite tools to help remove broken bolts and screws in metal.
Best Tools For Cleaning Steel Before Welding
Cleanliness is next to godliness and clean metal is the first step in making god-like welds on steel. There are a lot of ways to clean steel before welding but the method you pick may vary by the steel or job you’re working on. Below we put together our top […]
How To Start TIG Welding and Building Chopper Motorcycles
I talked to the good folks over at Eastwood and placed my order for the Eastwood TIG200 AC/DC welder, the Eastwood Tungsten Grinder because I knew that if fouling the tungsten is a problem for beginners I would be needing either this or a grinding wheel, but with it’s rod mitering slots and double sided diamond grinding wheel, the grinder would take having pointy tungsten out of the learning process. I also ordered the Eastwood Panoramic Welding Helmet. Probably too much helmet for what I need but not very expensive, so I went for it.
Top Products For Repairing Plastic
On antique cars most of the car was made from metal and you can weld and restore damaged parts pretty easily, but plastic isn’t that simple. There’s no MIG welder or simple “squirt gun” repair. With cars using more and more plastic over the years we’ve worked to try and come up with our top ways to repair and restore plastic. Whether you’re fixing a broken grill mounting tab, a dented plastic bumper, or a damaged center console, there’s a few ways to tackle these repairs. We listed our favorites below.