paint drying
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Topic: paint drying
Posted By: killer sonata
Subject: paint drying
Date Posted: September 20, 2006 at 6:28 PM
Anyone know what temp the pros use to bake cars?
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Posted By: bellsracer
Date Posted: September 20, 2006 at 7:33 PM
Most shops will bake between 160 to 180 F. You might have to do a couple of test bakes to find the ideal temperature for your area, but 160-180 is the average. Now the temperatures will make the air in the shop flow, so make sure if you do bake to keep the baking area/room as dust free as possible. Particularly the floor. As the room/area heats up, the floor will let dust on it come up and it could get in your paint. Good Luck! ------------- Never send your ducks to eagle school.
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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: September 20, 2006 at 8:02 PM
actually Im thinking about using my oven. they are small pieces that I plan on painting and want it to bake evenly. I suppose I could use a heat gun, but thats not really evenly.
Posted By: maglin
Date Posted: September 20, 2006 at 9:00 PM
ah. bad idea. anything you bake in that oven will taste like paint forever. period. i laughed for a week when my bro had to replace his. lol. his wife was ballistic he tried to powder coat in her stove. hehehehe.
Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: September 20, 2006 at 9:44 PM
its an apt oven and I never use it.
Posted By: Melted Fabric
Date Posted: September 21, 2006 at 10:16 AM
maglin wrote:
ah. bad idea. anything you bake in that oven will taste like paint forever. period. i laughed for a week when my bro had to replace his. lol. his wife was ballistic he tried to powder coat in her stove. hehehehe.
LOL, there are somethings you do not do, that is too funny, and costly. ------------- I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: September 21, 2006 at 10:20 AM
I did some small pieces in mine and it doesnt taste/smell like paint. But it was partially dry when I put it in there, I just wanted it to completely harden quicker
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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: September 21, 2006 at 11:13 AM
Melted Fabric wrote:
LOL, there are somethings you do not do, that is too funny, and costly.
doesnt cost me a dime since I dont own the oven. I dont give a crap about this ghetto apartment.
Posted By: Melted Fabric
Date Posted: September 21, 2006 at 12:00 PM
killer sonata wrote:
Melted Fabric wrote:
LOL, there are somethings you do not do, that is too funny, and costly.
doesnt cost me a dime since I dont own the oven. I dont give a crap about this ghetto apartment.
Just do not burn the place down. Has anyone tried the microwave and a pint of resin before? ------------- I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.
Posted By: Melted Fabric
Date Posted: September 21, 2006 at 12:02 PM
killer sonata wrote:
Melted Fabric wrote:
LOL, there are somethings you do not do, that is too funny, and costly.
doesnt cost me a dime since I dont own the oven. I dont give a crap about this ghetto apartment.
Just do not burn the place down. Has anyone tried the microwave and a pint of resin before? ------------- I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.
Posted By: bellsracer
Date Posted: September 21, 2006 at 12:19 PM
Melted Fabric wrote:
Just do not burn the place down. Has anyone tried the microwave and a pint of resin before?
No and I think that would be insane. Microwaves don't use heat to cook food, it excites the electrons in the food (or whatever target) and that excitement from the electrons bumping into each other create heat for the food/stuff. To put resin in there would probably either boil the resin into gloppiness, or turn it into a thermal superconductor that will melt and not cool off for some time. Using the microwave MIGHT work, but we give it a very, very slim chance... Time to call the MYTHBUSTERS... ------------- Never send your ducks to eagle school.
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Posted By: bellsracer
Date Posted: September 22, 2006 at 3:54 AM
nouseforaname wrote:
actually, a shop capable of baking the paint on a car will most likely have a side or down draft air ventalation/recerculation system. any professional paint paint booth that can bake will have this and any booth that has a side or down draft system can bake. the temp range stated is close to average, but as i said, if you can bake, dust shouldn't be a problem. very rarely will you find wall heaters that can get a shop up to proper curing temps. central heat is out of the question. painting cars is something i now do on the side and used to do for a living involving dealerships and insurance claims so i'm not taking wild guesses here.my home shop doesn't have a pro ventalation system nor can it reach the high curing temps of a pro booth, but the two 5 brick gas heaters on the walls can get the shop up to around 100-110 degrees depending on outside temps which is all i need. the point of curing is to speed up dry time, not to be mistaken with having anything to do with the quality of the paint job. that is up to the painter. my average dry time is about 3 hours compared to the 30 minutes to an hour in a booth.
Yeah that's true, but there are some small paint shops that have a baker but don't have the budget yet for a draft booth. In fact, that's how we started when we first built our paint building. Just some extra info for the home bakers or the new smaller shops... ------------- Never send your ducks to eagle school.
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