Hughesy Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I'm new to powder coating and was wondering if it is possible to build a fluid bed that was long enough to dip 20 a-rigs at the same time? I was thinking about pre heating a rack of them in an oven, removing the rack and dipping in the fluid bed. Also, I want the a-rigs white with halo glitter. They will also have red 3D eyes like used in crankbaits. So does this mean I will have to dip into the white, then reheat into clear with glitter? Or, is it possible to double dip like white then clear with glitter. Here's another problem. I would really like to have the eyes under the clear to help hold them on. So can I dip the white, add eyes and then reheat to dip the clear. Do you think the eyes can take the heat? Thanks in advance for helping thss rookie out. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlaery Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I am sure you can build a fluid bed to do this, but my experience with a larger fluid bed was uneven fluidizing, one end of the bed was perfect and the other end was not enough fluid and too much paint would get on those heads and then increase the air to correct that side and then I had too much air on the other side. I thought the pours membrane in the bed was faulty so I tried a different one and it has the same problem a different direction. then I made chambers under the fluid bed so I could adjust the air from side to side and that helped a lot. then finally I gave up on that and went to electrostatic painting. On the rigs I use a heat gun and a single dip cup and then hang and bake. I use powder with the glitter already mixed in, you will need to use glitter that will take the heat. I have tried to clear powder over eyes and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It clouds up the eyes. The heat didn't melt the eyes. The eyes I have stick to the powder pretty good. I have not had any complaints on the eyes falling off. These eyes are put on powder painted heads, packed 3 per clam pack and then shipped from Missouri to California and my customer would let me know if the eyes came off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
