I have done powder coating to a few DW, and other, pedals and it works great!!! Just make sure the Wife (if applicable) is ok with you using the oven to bake it on!!! Since there is a good amount of heat and extended exposure to heat, make sure everything is out of the pedal and pivot posts and such that would be affected by heat. It really works great!! As a matter of fact, I've changed the color of pedals for a few friends to match their sets!! It's really cool. Powder coat on, bake, let cool, sand high spots such as the face of the footboard on a DW exposing the letters and sides as they were before, and poof ..... custom pedal!!

Sweet... Maybe I'll give it a try on an old Slingy "yellow" Yellow Jacket I have.

Wife is "applicable" and I'm sure won't give up the "cookie baker" to my drum parts... (somehow that sounds pornographic) I don't want to give up the cookies either... dang she's got me on this one.

hmmmm.. neighbor is on ski vacation and I know where the key is hidden, any nasty side effects, odors etc from this process???

LMFAO!!!!! Yes it does give off an odor, not too bad, sometimes not much at all, but it does. I used a POS oven I found in a local classified which was free then chucked it when I was done doing all the stuff I had to do. The price was right!! After that ordeal, I went out and found another "new and improved" free oven which I use now!!! (The neighbors will work too) Storm Trooper

I seriously recommend not using this. I recommend have these parts painted professionally. Generally you can go to your local auto body shop and they will charge very little just as long as you use paint they have sitting around. Or go to a machine shop and have them anodized or bead blasted. Save your money/time/mess.

Skidney,

I can sure see where you're coming from on that one... but I am one of those hopeless souls who likes to mess with it... I'd be the one driving the '57 Belair you mention in the other post... and taking dash board apart 15 times and still not getting the speedo working right... but me and the Belair would be tight, and when the dash squeeked on every bump in the road.. I'd smile because I knew why.

Pathetic isn't it.. but I can't help it.Cooked Egg

Yea there is just a lot you may not be seeing with this device. You need a oven that is NOT for food. You must get the power coating, and I would be willing to bet that it wont look like you are wanting it to look when your done. Home anodization kits work ok though they do have a tendancy to have parts that are not even or different colors at the end. If you must go with a spray on paint get a decent paint spray gun and whatever type/texture of paint you would like to go with it. I know thats not a powdercoat but it would be more versitile. Also if you live by a harbor frieght or cummings tools you could pick up a blast box and start bead blasting. Realy realy cool finishs can be made. But I have heard nothing but horror stories with DIY powercoating kits.

PS I only know stuff about finishing and coating from my other hobby yoyoing sounds silly but coatings are big deals in that community.

99.9% of horror stories from powdercoating, are purely operator error. If you don't take the time to read on how to do it and practice a couple of times on some scrap pieces, it probably will be a nightmare. The same goes for painting as well. I can tell the difference between a spray can job and a true prime, base and clear coat, or a decent single stage as it should be done, from a mile away. Yes paint is easier and alittle cheaper, (not by much when buying REAL paint) BUT powdercoat will look more like the original texture and will last ALOT longer and is more durable and resists scratching and chipping much more so than paint. :)