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how about this then???? advice on how to suspend coil springs for coating

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This is perfect! I never knew powder coating can be this easy! Thank you.

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like anything else its all in the preparation :)

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Thanks for sharing. You can learn more about powder coatings here.

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welcome.... there is a lot of info on this board lots of great people willing to share info...I have found the best way to get answers is to first type the subject in the search box up top and choose 67-72 chevytrucks usually someone has asked and had questions answered over the years.....i been having fun with powder coating and use Eastwood products here is some of my latest chrome cookin welcome and......good luck

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On the pieces with the lettering how do you get the lettering in the contrasting color?

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You would basically do the first color but not do a full bake on it and then mask off what you want to stay that color and re-spray and bake again.
http://www.powdercoatguide.com/2015/...l#.V-0PYCS1iW-
The link I have hopefully attached is what I followed when I did mine, though I kept my letters the bare metal and then sprayed everything else black and finished with a clear.

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I love seeing the pieces other people have coated. A few of my own...

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Some more

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Beautiful license plate. Did you do the black first then the yellow and wipe off the yellow on the lettering?

Here are a few things I have done...

Hood spring
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1543447168

Cluster bezel and face plate
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1543942961

A buddies BMW brake calipers

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Yes exactly. Finger wiping on the plates, the valve covers and the vise from those pics.

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Thanks! This is the plate I am thinking of restoring before I put it on the truck...certainly is in good shape, but would look really good restored.

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For sure it would. Plates are VERY time consuming, I would guess 20-30 minutes just in finger wiping for your one plate. Plus you'll need to plan on how you're going to hang and hold the plate while you do the wiping so it doesn't move around on you.

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wow....very nice work

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Some great work everyone has done. I do powder coating for a living and just want to add a helpful tip. Just heating your oven to 400 and then putting a part in it for 20mins will not necessarily be the proper cure time/temp of your substrate. Use a infrared temp gun to check the pmt (part metal temp). Each piece will cure at different times. The spindles one guy did will not cure as fast as the license plate another did for example. So you wouldnt leave them in the oven for the same amount of time. The more the density of the metal the longer it needs to be in the oven. I dont mean to disrespect anyone and hope its not taking that way. I just want to help if I can. Keep up the great work.