Powdercoat on classic valve

[Virem]

Is it possible to powdercoat.. or maybe plate a classic valve? maybe masking the insides or something?

[peewee]

I dont know of anyone doing it. Anyone try it??? You would really have to mask it very ,very good.

[50 cal]

I did one years ago. I coated a classic valve and the body. Did them in gloss black. They look like they had been black chromed.
The powder unit we had at work had fine enough adjustments that I was able to lay it on about 3/4 of a thousandths thick on each piece. I ended up with a total of one and a half thousandths build up on both pieces, the valve, body and rail. It looked really sharp.
I forgot all about the serial number on the valve and covered it up coating it. Oops.

[GT]

Sure,
as 50 cal said, be careful with the amount of material bewteen the rail and valve.

[peewee]

What type of system were you using? We have both wagner automated booths as well as hand spray units. Did you attach a ground to each piece? Do you by chance remember the mil thickness?

[luke]

I don't see any problem with it. I would just tape the bottom off like I do for Mag bodies and rails.

I was thinking about powder coating the velocity adjuster on my RT valve, I just haven't had time to do it.

[Twitch_DGA]

i was goingto get my mag p coated. i talked to a guy that had done hand guns so just tell them were you dont want the coating and watch them go.

[50 cal]

What type of system were you using? We have both wagner automated booths as well as hand spray units. Did you attach a ground to each piece? Do you by chance remember the mil thickness?

When I worked at Barrett Firearms, the powder booth is a GemaVolstatic. The mil thickness was *I think* .7 or .8 mil. They have a mil thickness hand held unit and I'm almost positive the thickness was .7 or .8
The powder they used was Fuller, from Dallas I believe. They use someone else now.
The gloss black was really nice looking once it was cured. I remember Fuller discontinued the gloss black.

The booth had a rod that ran overhead in the booth. I had a grounding wire through the pieces to be coated, and used them to hang in the oven to cure also.