[AJD] JD Powder Coat supplies

[Dean VP]

John:

I think you have misunderstood my question.  If the local vendor can buy
smaller quantities of powder then it makes sense for me to use them. Based
on answers already received there apparently are sources of smaller
quantities, rather than 55 gallon barrels, that they must not be familiar
with. 

Eastwood supplies 2 lb quantities as well. 

With over 15 tractors here I would have no trouble finding adequate parts
and wheels to powder coat. However, I think I have the capability of
figuring out if it makes economic sense to make the investment in equipment
for doing it myself vs farming it out. If the local vendor can buy smaller
quantities of Powder, it would make a big difference.

More importantly I'm interested in what other collectors experience is in
using the Powder Coat process. 

Besides antique tractors, I would like to powder coat my garden tractor
mowing decks to see if that would extend their life a bit and maybe even
improve their performance in our wet weather. 

Thinking only one or two pairs of wheels a year is badly underestimating the
opportunity. 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

Forbidden fruits create many jams!

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-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
John Boehm
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [AJD] JD Powder Coat supplies

And how many of your wheels  per year are you going to
do for all your time and investment? Two? Four?
Doesn't sound to me like it would make sense unless
you plan to go into business on a large scale.

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com



--- Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> We have a local outfit that will do large piece
> sandblasting and powder
> coating at a reasonable price.  Except....  They
> tell me they can only buy
> JD Yellow and Green in large quantities such as 55
> gallon barrels. I just
> don't see how I would ever use that much.  
> 
> I'm not yet experienced with using powder coat
> instead of paint but what I
> have seen so far sure looks good. Especially for
> rims. 
> 
> Anyone have some experience with this process and
> know where smaller
> quantities of JD colors are available? 
> 
> I also see Eastwood is pushing their HotCoat Powder
> system. Haven't figured
> out yet if that is worth looking into seriously. I
> do know they don't offer
> JD colors....yet. 
> 
> I've heard that those who get into this seriously
> are buying old used pizza
> ovens for the curing process. I suspect those are
> all gas based ovens and I
> don't have that available if that makes any sense to
> do at all. I guess I
> could bring in LPG in bulk but I don't have it
> available here as a utility. 
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
> Forbidden fruits create many jams!
> 
> www.deerelegacy.com
> 
> http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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