Bake paint onto parts in gas range oven?

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Rice Nuker

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Anyone bake on some paint onto some parts in a gas range?

I have done it on a few small parts although I always wonder if the vapors from the paint could ignite and blow my stove door off.

Does anyone have experience with this method of curing paint?

What temp you run? How long? How long have you been doing it with out blowing the door off?


I reckon that I already know the risks, the dangers, how stupid it may be depending on opinions of what may happen, that it releases toxic fumes into the garage (roll up doors are open).

I am mainly interested in hearing from people who have been using this method and what their feedback is.

Thanks!
 
i use an old electric range to cook my small powder coat parts, manifolds , brackets , valve covers and pulleys.
 
The only reason shops "bake" paint is so it drys faster so they can finish the job and make more money faster.

If you are spray painting crap at home, I'm guessing you are not in a big hurry and risk > reward

just my two copper Lincoln heads
 
Welllll, let me clarify. Gas range. Using process in order to accelerate drying and curing.

2 part paint, rattle can, epoxy, rustoleum brushed on. Varieties of coatings.

For example, on occasion, I have to build a mount for some one-off application and have it ready to go out the door completely dry by 5 am the next day. So, I lay the paint on heavy, let it hang in the sun an hour, set it in the oven for 3 hours on 250, air dry it over night. Dry and hard.
I know, pinholes. I never see any, doesn't mean they are not there.

Of course preparation is as important as anything. So I usually sand blast bare, soak the part in pure alcohol, air dry, warm the part with a propane torch to about 100f, paint one medium coat and 5 minutes later one heavy. Then air dry for an hour, then bake in oven.

Mainly I am interested in exploding ovens or the lack thereof.

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Welllll, let me clarify. Gas range. Using process in order to accelerate drying and curing.

2 part paint, rattle can, epoxy, rustoleum brushed on. Varieties of coatings.

For example, on occasion, I have to build a mount for some one-off application and have it ready to go out the door completely dry by 5 am the next day. So, I lay the paint on heavy, let it hang in the sun an hour, set it in the oven for 3 hours on 250, air dry it over night. Dry and hard.
I know, pinholes. I never see any, doesn't mean they are not there.

Of course preparation is as important as anything. So I usually sand blast bare, soak the part in pure alcohol, air dry, warm the part with a propane torch to about 100f, paint one medium coat and 5 minutes later one heavy. Then air dry for an hour, then bake in oven.

Mainly I am interested in exploding ovens or the lack thereof.

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Been doing it for years, but at about 200.
Never had a problem doing it, gas or electric.
 
Been doing it for years, but at about 200.
Never had a problem doing it, gas or electric.

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My experience is the paint becomes harder, and seems to bond more tightly to the substrate. Just try removing baked paint and you'll find out. If your temp is high, it can dull the finish somewhat.
 
I've done it several times myself. I like to bake the parts at a hotter temp for about an hour before I paint to flash off anything that may cause pinholes or bubbles. I wait at least 20 minutes after I spray so most of the really volatile stuff in the spray paint is gone. Most importantly, I wait until the wife wont be around for a couple hours and it's nice enough day to open the windows, as it can stink up the kitchen a bit.

Don't put the paint on too thick, or it will wrinkle.
 
I boiled my first carb in my mom's stock pot...oops! And my wife loves the ring in the washer all my shop towels make....;-)
 
the sink,an washer both have greese stains it means ur doiing the job right

**** my hands are permo greesed aswell it wont wash off.....
 
I have an extra stack washer-dryer unit, dishwasher and an extra gas oven in the mud room (between the garage and rest of the house). I have baked a few parts in this oven thus far but am quite particular about allowing the fumes to vent out thru the garage and window. Baking painted metal parts is fantastic for hardening the paint. Particularly rustoleum and other solvent type paints. I run them on 200 - 250 degrees for 3 - 4 hours and turn off the oven, let it cool for a couple hours, then remove.

I have used the washing machine for small parts as well, they come out 100 % clean as heck. The nice thing is 90% of the rust and 100% of the grease is gone from the part when it comes out. The washer does not l like large parts, jibbers up the rotor head. I will be using my dishwasher for pistons after I soda blast them.

If I had a larger shop, I would just have all this stuff in my shop.
 
I saw on another thread, I think it was AdamR mentioned a gas BBQ grille to bake his parts. Pretty friggin brilliant considering how cheap a used bbq is and all the fumes are safely out of the home and most have a temp gauge on top.
 
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