Recipe for curing paint

[jaudette3]

I often use white gloves to assemble things in order to avoid creating small scratches with my finger nails. Has anyone tried "baking" fresh paint to cure and harden it? Many items I paint will fit in my wife's oven and I have a lot of opportunity to use it when she is out of the house teaching.

If you use this method, what are your settings: degrees and time? Is it effective?

Thanks,
John

[NZVW]

When I was young and dumb I spray painted my VW J pipes with rattle can Flat White heat paint. The instructions said it has a 5 day cure time so I blasted them at full noise in my mothers oven for 2 hours. The paint job outcome was fantastic, my mothers reaction was not.
I know others who have sprayed brake calipers with paint that is designed to be baked but I do not think that your "standard" rattle can paint is designed to be oven cured.
Mark

[SIMI BOB]

I cooked every piece of sheet metal of this 356 motor in my BBQ. About 20 minutes at relatively low heat. Unfortunately I haven't heard back from the owner, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
Straightening, welding and prepping all those pieces was the hardest part of this assembly. Spent almost a whole day on the heater boxes.
Bob B

[moito]

i do have one of those
https://www.google.at/search?client=...3wN9mJfprVnYM:

works perfect to cure small parts and breeding eggs.
spares you a lot of time and fingerprint hassle

[Jameel]

When I rebuilt my 3.0 earlier this year I painted the stuff that needed it with VHT black hi temp engine enamel, or the VHT satin clear. Both are very very durable when cured properly. Depending on the product, the cure temps and times vary. The VHT product has very specific directions on the back of the can. It's usually around 200 deg. for a half hour, then let cool, bump up the temp and repeat, but again, it varies with the product. I picked up a working used oven for nothing and wired up a 220V outlet in my garage. When I'm not baking stuff, I use it for storage and a workbench for light use. The tins on my engine look great, and still look great after 6000 miles.

[ibmiked]

I painted this shift knob with enamel and then baked it for 1hr @ 225 degrees farenheit. The paint is rock hard and flowed and shines beautifully. If it fits in the oven it's my new paint technique. Just let it come down to room temp on it's own, don't touch it or try and rush the process.

I've since gone back and retouched the black and red paint. That was done afterwards by hand. In the picture the knob looks matte but it is actually nice and shiny. It's more a reflection of my photography skill than my spray painting skill.

[Orval_F]

I like the 2-part polyurethane paints. For small parts an airbrush is ideal -- and you can mix it up with measuring spoons, as the stuff is expen$sive!. I do this outside, as it is VERY toxic, but it forms a durable, high-gloss finish, if used with epoxy primers (again, quite toxic). Use a mask and vinyl gloves when handling both paints.

[tom1394racing]

I use my backyard gas grill instead of my wife's oven. Better domestic harmony.

[sithot]

When I rebuilt my 3.0 earlier this year I painted the stuff that needed it with VHT black hi temp engine enamel, or the VHT satin clear. Both are very very durable when cured properly. Depending on the product, the cure temps and times vary. The VHT product has very specific directions on the back of the can. It's usually around 200 deg. for a half hour, then let cool, bump up the temp and repeat, but again, it varies with the product. I picked up a working used oven for nothing and wired up a 220V outlet in my garage. When I'm not baking stuff, I use it for storage and a workbench for light use. The tins on my engine look great, and still look great after 6000 miles.

Nice work!

[moito]

Better domestic harmony.

yep..went down this road once ...

....the first batch of rs clock covers...the day after i bought the clay oven