DIY powdercoat

whoa nice. who got the white KH? it would look nice and different from
the black KH, cuz black is the only color available.

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Cool,

Any pics or your painted rides?

Joe,

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do you already have a powdercoat oven?

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You don't even really need a "powder coat" oven. Any oven will do fine,
as long as it can go above 400 degrees and can fit the part you are
coating.

To answer your question, no, I dont have a powdercoat oven.

I'll post some pictures when I find my camera (and when shadowuni puts
his KH back together :p )

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woot! Found my camera. Here's my Yuni Muni. Pictures of the KH will be
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does heating it up weaken it in any way?

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Do you mean does heating the frame weaken it?

If thats what you mean, then no. 400 degrees isn't enough heat to
affect the metal that unicycle frames are made of, structurally anyway.
Sure, it'll make it hot for a few minutes, but thats about all.

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Do you mean does heating the frame weaken it?

If thats what you mean, then no. 400 degrees isn't enough heat to
affect the metal that unicycle frames are made of, structurally anyway.
Sure, it'll make it hot for a few minutes, but thats about all.

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digitalattrition said:

*woot! Found my camera. Here's my Yuni Muni. Pictures of the KH will
be up later. *

Nick that looks awesome man. we're definately doing my unis lime green
when I get back. And you're brining like 8 SWAT stickers up to NYMWE for
me.

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You gotta order that powdercoat from Eastwood if you want that color.
Harbor Freight only carries red, black, white, and yellow.

If anyone is looking for different colors, check out 'the 27 pages of
powdercoat colors that eastwood has' (http://tinyurl.com/6mzoe)

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*You don't even really need a "powder coat" oven. Any oven will do
fine, as long as it can go above 400 degrees and can fit the part you
are coating.
*

Uh, so please tell me you didn't put it in your kitchen oven???? :eek:
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*

Uh, so please tell me you didn't put it in your kitchen oven????
:eek: 😄 *

nope he did it at his dad's work. Would there be any problem for doing
it in your kitchen oven? because I kinda planned on it.

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Wow thats pretty nice.what color was it before?

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Quoted message said:

Uh, so please tell me you didn't put it in your kitchen oven????

Actually, that's what guys did when powdercoating was first introduced,
so you can, if you are comfortable with it. The best thing to do though
is find an oven that someone is throwing out and snag that.

Quoted message said:

Wow thats pretty nice.what color was it before?

It was chrome before. Chrome is getting old 🙁

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Ok, the KH is put together. We've nick-named it "The Ghost"

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Looks awesome. Check the SWAT mail though for angering news....

Still no draw bolt huh???

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Wow... that looks awesome. I should just try and get some work at a
powder coating company when I get older, and see if I can use their
powder coating thingies. That'd be the wicked.

You powder coated that rim right? If you did I'd like to ask a few
questions. When after it's taken off and powder coated, is it hard to
put back on with the spokes and all? Just need a little bit of
knowledge? Do you need new spokes? Thanks for all help you can give me,
I wanna customise my uni like that 🙁

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Me two,but first i wanna get a uni that doesnt fall apart on cue.

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Quoted message said:

You powder coated that rim right? If you did I'd like to ask a few
questions. When after it's taken off and powder coated, is it hard to
put back on with the spokes and all? Just need a little bit of
knowledge? Do you need new spokes? Thanks for all help you can give
me, I wanna customise my uni like that

Nope, its not at all hard to put the spokes back on. The nipples still
had some room to fit, and this is probably because there were no threads
in the holes. Most powdercoat guides recommend that you put the
powdercoat on at .004 of an inch. That doesn't make a difference in a
hole that doesn't have threads (on a unicycle at least).

Nope, you don't need new spokes after dissassembling and powder coating
the rim. Although, if you've had them in for a while, and they are like
butter, it probably wouldn't hurt. However, for the KH, we just used
the old spokes.

I say get it done. Its easier than paint, cleaner than paint, tougher,
and looks nicer.

Any more questions, feel free to ask.

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