[Miata] Powder coating

[SDOliner at aol.com]

I am a powder coating fanatic.
I bought a hardly used Eastwood kit, powder and used oven at a very good  
price.
But you still need an air compressor and sand blasting cabinet (which I  
built).
This takes money and alot of room in the garage. 
I am also limited to pieces that fit in a normal kitchen  oven.
I did do a few sets of 13" wheels.
Basically anything that fits in the oven has or will be powder  coated.
 
The process is really easy, and if you make a mistake (i.e., a grease  finger 
print) you just do it again.

 
I did this while doing a restoration of my Bugeye Sprite. I do have  some 
really nice looking brackets, etc., in the engine compartment, most of  which you 
can't see. Somehow my wife doesn't see the logic in why I need really  shinny 
rack and pinion brackets.
 
I am not so sure about doing brake calipers. You certainly don't want  to put 
then in the blast cabinet, since even one little glass beads would ruin  the 
pistons. Not sure what baking would do to any rubber seals either.
 
It is fun, but not so sure how useful it is on a modern non rusty  Miata.
 
David Oliner
97 M Miata
67 TR4A
69 Midget
60 Bugeye Sprite
 
 
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