Baking Paint

[remi]

Mods, if this is in the wrong spot, by all means move it. And yes, I did a search and didnt find anything. When some of you painted engine parts (valve cover) and then put them in the oven to cure, what temp did you use and for how long. From my understanding, this helps harden the paint a bit.

[GSXRJJordan]

It will help the paint dry faster, but any paint that's meant to be sprayed in regular atmospheric conditions will cure just fine sitting in your garage/etc. Stuff like powder coating needs the heat, but as far as I know regular paint does not.

[Addicted2Kouki]

Spray paint - I wouldn't heat it up, its meant to air dry

Auto paint - This stuff actually cures, but heat is not required... It just speeds up the process.

Powdercoating - You NEED to heat this up, otherwise it will just look like powder.

[yurisfriendevan]

ive baked whole cars at 140 for 20 minutes, open the doors on the booth let it cool down (helps harden the clear quickly) and baked the car again at 140 for 20 more minutes. after that you let it cool down again.

for car parts, just let them cure in open air overnight. dont put car parts in the oven, you can run the risk of catching them on fire with all of the solvents flashing out of them. your mom would be so pissed!!

[Addicted2Kouki]

ive baked whole cars at 140 for 20 minutes, open the doors on the booth let it cool down (helps harden the clear quickly) and baked the car again at 140 for 20 more minutes. after that you let it cool down again.

for car parts, just let them cure in open air overnight. dont put car parts in the oven, you can run the risk of catching them on fire with all of the solvents flashing out of them. your mom would be so pissed!!


I kinda said the top part in more simpler words but ehh either way.. I do the same haha.

but what you said about the solvents, I didnt think of...
When I think about it... when you bake cars, theres a fan blowing the air out.

Not with a kitchen oven. The solvents would collect and who knows what would happen.

[Nikeboy355]

Just let it air dry... At least overnight...

[LA_phantom_240]

Or you could use a heat gun or hair drier if you really felt the need to heat it... the oven is just a bad idea.

[S14DB]

Not with a kitchen oven. The solvents would collect and who knows what would happen.

Makes you food taste like spray paint. Know a guy that pissed his wife off doing this. Least she got a new oven out of it. The odor never goes away. You have to buy another oven to bake paint.