I should have made my first try at powder coating with a bracket or something small, but I did my Valve Cover instead. I went with Bronze Metallic. I think it turned out ok for my first try ever powder coating. There are a few places that did not turn out perfect, maybe a second coat will help

Hot Coat system from Eastwood


Prepped Valve Cover








Right out of the oven




Outside







Did a second coat, Came out much better. Now to decide on sanding the letters or painting them red









Sanded the letters, looks much better now



I did the Power steering pump bracket and the trans mount satin black and I did my air intake Bronze. I set the valve cover on the D15B and it looks pretty cool.








Modified by sqsi at 4:42 PM 8/24/2008


Modified by sqsi at 7:49 PM 8/30/2008

 

I've always wondered what the results from that system wuold look like. Damn nice if you ask me. I'd sand and polish the emblem and letters myself.

 

nice reminds me of my VC and my charge piping its pretty much the same color

 

how much did you pay for that system? is it in your own garage?

 

Looks good, How long did you bake it and at what temp?

 

$159.99 at eastwood.com

 

I baked at 450 for 5 minutes and then 400 for 20 minutes per the directions

 

did you use your home oven or a different one?

 

Sand and polish the letters imo looks awsome!

 

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/agreed

looks kewl. too bad you cant have the VHT look with powder coat.


Modified by THC07 at 5:12 PM 8/23/2008

 

Could you amagine your Wife/Girl/Mom coming up to you and asking what your cooking in the oven, And you pull out a Rota

 

wow that came out great..nice work

 

Nice job...I didn't know there was another DIY powdercoat system on the market besides the one from Sears.

 

sand the letters and then clear them.

Oh yea, it looks great

 

turned out nice. like the others said sand the letters take a block with some sand paper around it i did it looks nice.

 

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whats the website, i wanna look into this since i want powder coat my calipers and rims. And for the money i rather buy the kit and DIY

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LOL! This is what i'm gonna do with my rota's lol

 

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LOL! This is what i'm gonna do with my rota's lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

tell her first! Reminds me of when my girl came home to me baking 3m windshield welded mounts, she was not so happy. Extremely pissed!

 

I have an extra oven in the garage from EBAY that was 10 bucks

 

Should have had some before pictures of when you first took it off your engine and then after you put it back on. That would have shown a really nice contrast and been nice for other people to decide if they think it'd look good on their Honda.

But besides that it looks damn good, especially after the second coat. Congrats at having a good first experience with powder coating!

 

looks good...thats how my brother started with the same machine..checks out his pics.. dont mean to thread jack but just trying to let you know what it can do.. http://profile.myspace.com/ind...53203

 

Sanded the letters. looks better now. added pic to the first post

 

damn good job! that looks awesome!

 

New pics added

 

that is hella nice!

lol. you actually put it in an ove.
i thought the "fresh out of the oven" thing was just a metafor/
lol

GREAT JOB though

 

looks good!