How long in the oven

[lrcarl]

Painting clutch cover tonight
How long and what temp
Thanks carl

[marsbar350]

depends how long the wifes out the house

[foxyjohn]

Jan 16, 2017 17:34:06 GMT 1 marsbar350 said:

depends how long the wifes out the house

[lrcarl]

Jan 16, 2017 17:34:06 GMT 1 marsbar350 said:

depends how long the wifes out the house

Wife's on side bikes in dining room

[bare]

In case you've never before 'cured' paint in the Oven?
I can say that the resultant smells are serious. As in yer gonna be in trouble, long after you've aired out the house.

[alistair64]

Sprayed my RD200 engine casings on Saturday with Plasti-kote BBQ paint.
The smell depends on whether you decide to put them straight in the oven after applying the final coat and also on what paint you use.
I waited for one hour after the final coat, which is when the instructions say the paint goes touch-dry, then put them in.
There was no smell whatsoever, unless I stuck my head right inside the oven.
I would suggest do this, then leave the door open and you'll be fine.
I did 90 degrees for 15 minutes, but I'm sure someone will say that's too low and not long enough.
However, couldn't touch them for a few minutes so seemed hot enough to me.

[nidgester]

I spent a week looking thought the freeads, gumtree, evilbay etc and managed to pick up an oven for £15. Most modern ovens run off a household 3 pin plug . It now resides in my garage so no need to stink the house out for paint curing etc.

[bezzer]

Jan 16, 2017 21:40:52 GMT 1 nidgester said:

I spent a week looking thought the freeads, gumtree, evilbay etc and managed to pick up an oven for £15. Most modern ovens run off a household 3 pin plug . It now resides in my garage so no need to stink the house out for paint curing etc.

Awesome idea nidgester!. I need to make room in the man cave for one of those!.

[lrcarl]

Ok all done used plasticote BBQ

Very little smell to be honest

Carl

[carioca656]

so how long and what temp then

[4l04ever]

I did 20mins at gas mark 5 on the middle shelf for a pair of 4L0 cylinders. Then left them to cool off overnight.

Any more recipes? :-)

[alexx]

you could try with the infrared heat

[Ozhammer]

I agree with alistair64, let the paint air dry then bake it, as all the carrier solvents should have flashed off by then.

The temperature you use depends on the application of the part, engine parts experience higher temperatures, so I tend to cure them at a higher temperature (say 150 deg) for about 30 mins.

For the sake of domestic harmony, I purchased a gas fuelled camping oven for my workshop, which will take parts up to the size of engine cases and that works fine.

Rgds
Ozhammer

[alistair64]

I was recommended on the Aircooled forum to use a satin BBQ paint then a gloss engine lacquer and this will be close to the original finish on my RD.
It's probably the same for LC's.
However, although the amount of 'shine' is good, I still can't manage to produce a finish which isn't rough to touch by using aerosols.
Even spending £10 a can, you could never polish the casings as they are too rough.
I suppose this is where paying a professional to use a compressor and spraygun comes in.
After baking, what should I use to attempt to get a smoother factory finish, because it's just obvious that they have been sprayed from an aerosol at the moment?

[greg]

PJ1 silver 1/2 hr on 140
Ruined a few trays of chips. They tasted rank

[scootjockey]

I read somewhere its best to bring your items up to room temperature before applying paint ? My garage is about 6 degrees if I'm lucky in winter. So I done the brake master cylinders with a gloss rattle can and heated them up with a little electric fan heater I use to keep the garage warm before and after painting and they've came up a treat. Well worth the little effort.

[4l04ever]

Jan 22, 2017 12:44:55 GMT 1 scootjockey said:

I read somewhere its best to bring your items up to room temperature before applying paint ? My garage is about 6 degrees if I'm lucky in winter. So I done the brake master cylinders with a gloss rattle can and heated them up with a little electric fan heater I use to keep the garage warm before and after painting and they've came up a treat. Well worth the little effort.

I use a heat gun to warm the part up and the tin of paint.

[Yogi]

I warm the parts in the oven while I've got the aerosol in a pot of warm water

Once sprayed I let dry for an hour then bake for one hour at 50c

After a couple of days I polish with farecla g3 compound

It takes the just sprayed look away and makes it look more factory

Matt

[Ozhammer]

You can also stand the paint can in some warm (not boiling 😳 water) to help reduce its viscosity a little.

I recently picked up an attachment that clips onto rattle cans and allows you to apply the paint like a crude spray gun. It's pretty basic but a lot easier that pressing the knob itself.

You are never going to be able to match a professional job but with patience you can achieve some decent results from a can. The engine cases on both my RD's came out really well using PJ-1 satin.

Rgds
Ozhammer

[nij]

Jan 23, 2017 10:17:58 GMT 1 Ozhammer said:

You can also stand the paint can in some warm (not boiling 😳 water) to help reduce its viscosity a little.

I recently picked up an attachment that clips onto rattle cans and allows you to apply the paint like a crude spray gun. It's pretty basic but a lot easier that pressing the knob itself.

You are never going to be able to match a professional job but with patience you can achieve some decent results from a can. The engine cases on both my RD's came out really well using PJ-1 satin.

Rgds
Ozhammer

Hi Ozhammer
Have you used PJ1 recently, is it the new formula one no one seems to like?
Just ordered some for my cases before reading some negative reviews, didn't know whether to use it or not!
Have you had any trouble with fuel dissolving it?
Cheers

[Ozhammer]

Hi Nik, I think the stuff I used was to the old formula tbh and that is still looking good after two years despite definitely have had petrol spilled on it.

I therefore can't comment on the efficacy or otherwise on the newer version sorry.

Rgds
Ozhammer