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Need Company to Powder Coat Chair

I have a bent plywood chair that I would like to have powder coated. I've heard that this might be possible, however, everyone I've spoken to over the phone says that the wood will burn up when it's fired. is this true, or ...

do you know of any companies that could do this small job? becca

Rebecca Citron
New York, New York
2000

Ed. note: Sorry, this RFQ is old & outdated, so contact info is no longer available. However, if you feel that something technical should be said in reply, please post it; no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?)

You can't powder coat anything other than metal. It's an electro-static process and as wood is NON-conductive...

Testu Nagouchi
- NYC, New York
2003

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Thanks for joining into the conversations at finishing.com, Testu, where readers like myself and yourself try to help others--and in the process of trying to help, we sometimes learn as well as teach. As you will discover, your answer on this particular occasion was not quite correct :-)

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003