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Ford F-100 Chassis Powdercoating - Take A Powder

Chassis Powdercoating Machine
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Chassis Powdercoating Machine
Danger! Danger, Will Robinson! Though the powdercoat spraying apparatus looks more like the mid-'60s robot from the TV drama Lost in Space, it enables Dynamic Powder Coating to produce durable and beautiful finishes on metal components. Before spraying the powder, the apparatus electrostatically charges the powder particles. When sprayed onto metal, the charged particles will adhere to the metal's surface, even if they're upside down.
Chassis Powdercoating Spraying
Tim commenced spraying.
Chassis Powdercoating
The tubular chassis is a complex... 
   
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Chassis Powdercoating
The tubular chassis is a complex latticework, but Dynamic Powder Coating is equal to the challenge of applying an even coat of electrostatically charged particles...
Chassis Powdercoating
...Tim got into a myriad of... 
   
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Chassis Powdercoating
...Tim got into a myriad of different positions to assure the frame was evenly and thoroughly coated with powder. Notice that he wore a mask to prevent him from breathing the powder.
Chassis Powdercoating
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Chassis Powdercoating
After almost 10 minutes, Tim's done spraying powder.
Chassis Powdercoating Inspection
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Chassis Powdercoating Inspection
Once he'd wheeled the chassis out of the spray booth, Tim carefully inspected his work to made sure he didn't miss any nook or cranny.
Chassis Powdercoating Curing Oven
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Chassis Powdercoating Curing Oven
The next step in the powdercoat process is to melt the powder in a curing oven so the particles coalesce to form a continuous film. How thick the metal is determines how long the object needs to be in the curing oven. Most things cure for 30 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Dynamic Powder Coating cooked the F-100 giveaway chassis for one hour at 400 degrees.
Chassis Powdercoating Curing Oven
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Chassis Powdercoating Curing Oven
This photo was shot seconds before Tim closed the curing oven's door.
Chassis Powdercoating
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Chassis Powdercoating
After curing for an hour, look how shiny the chassis and differential are. No Limit Engineering chose Black Chrome for the frame and rearend.
Chassis Powdercoating
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Chassis Powdercoating
A close-up view of the cured Black Chrome powdercoat reveals how the color gets its chromelike luster.
Chassis Powdercoating Components
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Chassis Powdercoating Components
Various other suspension, chassis and accessory components were powdercoated in Hammer Tone finish to contrast with the Black Chrome foundation. Dynamic Powder Coating then wrapped these parts in plastic for delivery to No Limit Engineering in nearby San Bernardino.
Chassis Powdercoating
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Chassis Powdercoating
We bet you can't wait to see this sweet tubular chassis on four wheels with a Ford Racing drivetrain between the 'rails. Be on the lookout for it in Custom Classic Trucks.
Dynamic Powder Coating
1265 N. Fitzgerald, Unit A Dept. CCT
Rialto
CA  92376
Speedway Motors
(800) 979-0122

www.speedwaymotors.com
No Limit Engineering

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