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[Zitt] is sharing some methods he's honed for color-matching powder coat paint. He developed these techniques while restoring a 1982 Star Trek coin-op machine. The image above shows a paddle used for the game. The plate that houses the control was beat up, and he needed to repaint it but wanted to make sure it didn't look out-of-place with the molded plastic that surrounds it. He gets his … [Read more...]
[j_tenkely] wanted to do his own powder coat painting at home so he built everything he needed, including a coating booth and baking oven. The oven is double walled and built around a frame of steel building studs. Electric oven elements are controlled by a digital control panel and thermostat. A spray booth is fashioned from a large storage bin. The powder coat gun used in this setup is a … [Read more...]
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