You are on the Powder Coating page.                                                                   Above:   Powder being swept up off the garage floor

As a hobby powder coater I appreciate being able to give new life to something old and worn.  However I must admit that I get the most pleasure from transforming pieces (new or old) into unique, one-of-a-kind items that stand out from the crowd.

I began playing with powder coating after a good friend purchased a powder coating kit and naturally I just had to have one too (thanks Josh!).  Since then I've been experimenting with and refining my techniques and equipment to get the best quality coatings I can working out of my garage.  

As a perfectionist by nature my motto is "If my names on it, it will be done right".  Well that is true, it can result in a lot of work to get it "just right".  What a pain in the ... when I open the oven door and discover flaws on the piece I'm working on.  I will strip the powder and start from scratch before I'll let anything go out the door that I don't think is as close to perfect as I can get it.  And believe me taking powder coat off is harder and more time consuming than you want to find out about.

Powder coat, unlike paint, can not be mixed to match a specific color (well at least I can't afford to have it formulated in a specific color).  However, the number of available colors is staggering.  Click on the Caswell banner below for available color charts and pricing for powder.

Select the "Powder Coating" tab and the color selections will be on the right side of the page.

Here's my first oven;  yep a rotisserie oven.  Because these things have no thermostat I added a BBQ thermometer and fan.	Now I promised Cindy I wouldn't get carried away like I normally do with a new hobby.  So I waited a whole two weeks before I built my first oven out of a freezer.	Ladies and Gentleman.  Please allow me to introduce to you, the one, the only, "The Ovenator II".  My latest home built oven.

 

Here are some of my powder coating jobs.

Stock RaceLine Wheel	Same wheel with Stardust Red
Turbo Intercooler (Candy Purple)	Inter cooler back on the car
Beach House Light Cover BEFORE	Beach House Light Cover AFTER (Bright White)
Car Stereo Amplifier Cover (no before pic)	From another angle (Silver)
Outdoor House Lights	Before on right, after on left. Rewired and powder coated (Silver Vein)
Valve Cover	Stardust Red
Parts receiving their Chrome base coat	Here they are with their Lime Green final coat
	Hey, that's my car! Stardust Red on heat shield, engine cover and Steeda short ram intake
	Hey, that's my car again! This time with "Raspberry" on the same parts as above
	OK, one more time!  And I think I've made up my mind now and will keep the "Lolly Pop Blue"
Camaro Intake Aluminum base coat applied	Camaro Intake Final finish
Camero Valve Covers  Aluminimum base coat applied	Camero Valve Covers Final finish
	Now see what happens when we get bored around here! That wasn't my fault.  Michael was here, we were bored, and the oven was already warmed up.
Enjoy the slideshow below with some more pics for you