Killa_Hertz
13 posts
Dec 12, 2015
7:48 AM
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Surely someone here can answer this. I haven't been able to find any definitive answers online anywhere. But i have a Powdercoating booth at work with tons of colors at my disposal. Ive been wanting to try for a while so this week i took the covers from that lee oskar i butchered trying to emboss it and hand sanded it, powdered it yellow and it came out awesome. I figured it would but i wanted to test if the high heat would warp it or not. However I'm pretty sure putting toxic paint in your mouth isn't good. Lol. So the question, finally, is. ... what kind of powder do people use to powder cover plates?? Is it just FDA?
Thanks
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Buzadero
1264 posts
Dec 12, 2015
8:12 AM
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Talk to Blue Moon. His powdered covers are holding up for me quite nicely.
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Harpaholic
789 posts
Dec 12, 2015
9:36 AM
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There are food grade powders, but most powder coaters dont use them because of cost. Manufacturers do. There are many types of powder, epoxy, hybrid, polyester, urethane, ceramic, etc.
All of them are harmful in one way or another.
I have been powder coating mics for close to fifteen years. I wouldnt put a powder coated harp to my lips even if I knew 100% the powder is FDA. How many class action lawsuits are pending due in part to the FDA?
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Buzadero
1265 posts
Dec 12, 2015
11:54 AM
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My lips have been in contact with plenty of things I'd rank on the Risk List well above powder coated harp covers.
There was that "dancer" in Vancouver, for example.
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snowman
108 posts
Dec 12, 2015
1:11 PM
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I powder coated all 12 keys Lee Oscar--nat minor tuned--a glitter blue -I have white combs I got from 'Hetrick 'b4 he stopped selling them--I did so I ca quickly spot them--they have been that way for years---no problems--been paint contractor since 1989---a rule of thumb--" if u can smell it-it hasn't cured all the way yet'---either solvents, water ,lac thin or whatever are still curing to the surface---thats why u smell it-- I love when I have the time to powder coat cuz--I wash the cover 1 hour after baking and Im playing-no odor--I got my stuff from eastman http://www.eastwood.com/paints.html?srccode=GA080010&sitelinks=PaintsCoatings&adpos=1t1&creative=73520736660&device=c&matchtype=e&network=g&gclid=Cj0KEQiAqK-zBRC2zaXc8MOiwfIBEiQAXPHrXjMGvih5efX8QmLcmPOqV7LzHDGQeq_n2stMP0bdj-oaAui08P8HAQ
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snowman
109 posts
Dec 12, 2015
1:14 PM
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I think I know that dancer in Vancouver
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Moon Cat
540 posts
Dec 12, 2015
1:27 PM
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Killa_Hertz
15 posts
Dec 12, 2015
4:08 PM
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I have quite a few FDA powders. We coat machines for some plants that require FDA powder. So if yall been doin it and your not dead yet, I suppose its good enough for me. Ive put plenty of things in my body knowing it was likely to kill me. But then again they were much better than fancy painted covers.
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Buzadero
1266 posts
Dec 12, 2015
4:20 PM
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"if you can't mess with it Halachek it!"
That's my boy. More savvy words are rarely spoken.
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