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Curing powder coat with IR
I do powder coating in my garage for small projects. My problem is that I have a motorcycle frame and some other larger items that I would like to coat. Can anyone tell me whether or not I can use infrared heat lamps for curing the powder coat, and if so is there any specifications that I need to know like lamp wattage or curing time?
Ron WunschHobbyist - Reading, PA, U.S.
2004
A number of years ago there was an article in a trade magazine where they lowered the energy cost at a powder facility by using IR. There was a fairly large difference in the performance of different equipment based on the different frequencies. My guess is that it would be ok if you had enough lamps (some are gas) to uniformly heat the bike so that some area are not undercured while others are overcured.
James Watts- Navarre, Florida
2004
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