what is going on my peeps I've got some more suspension work to do today if you
didn't see the last video I put together the set of forks back here I'll put the
link to that video right up here in the corner just click that little circle all
right so the forks are done and it would make sense to move on to the shock right
well I really don't want to put the shock together with that ugly yellow
spring I'm not really sure why Honda decided to go with yellow what I'll end
up Doudna that is stripping the paint off and powder coating it red I'm gonna
get started on this process by stripping off that ugly yellow paint with some
paint remover so I've got some air craft paint remover that I've had really good
luck with over the years I'll put the link to where you can buy it down in the
description and then a tub to somewhat contain that paint remover and a brush
definitely a smart idea to wear some gloves for this too so I'm just gonna
dump this paint stripper into the tub and start brushing it onto the spring
all right got the spring coated pretty well just gonna let that sit for a good
15 or 20 minutes and let the paint bubble up the paint is really starting
to bubble up now I'm gonna begin by scraping it off and if need be I'll
apply more stripper I'll be using a combination of these two brushes to
knock off this bubble off paint
I'm gonna try to keep it all contained within this bin that way I can dispose
of it in a responsible way one thing to really keep in mind as you're doing this
is to not let the paint stripper fling from the brush if it gets in your eyes
that is not going to be good all right I'm gonna call that good for round 1 of
the paint stripping gonna dump some more paint stripper into this bin and brush
it onto the spring and it should take care of the rest of this paint
looks like the majority of the paint has been eaten up by the stripper it's gonna
give the spring a wipe down and then whatever paint is left over gonna knock
off with the wire brush
at this point all the paint is off the spring just gonna give it a little
cleanup to prep for powder coating I've just got degreaser here in this bottle
spray it down and then give the spring a scrub down with some scotch brite since
it is bare steel now definitely gonna want to dry it off to prevent it from
rusting as for the leftover paint stripper and the paint that came off the
spring I'm just gonna wipe it up with rags and toss it in the garbage
definitely something you don't want to wash down the drain one thing I should
have mentioned earlier if you have access to a sand blaster that is gonna
work a lot better than stripping the paint off with paint stripper
unfortunately I don't have access to sandblast cabinet so the paint stripper
had to do for now we're gonna go ahead and show you the setup I have for powder
coating right now now it's actually been probably four or five years since that
last powder coated but luckily I still have the equipment the only thing how to
pick up was a different oven and then wired and hook it up all that but I
still have the powder coating gun and some powders leftover and hopefully
enough talent to actually powder coat still so for you guys that have been
watching the channel for a while you might remember back in the day over at
my parents house powder coating rims hubs engine covers it was pretty cool
stuff if you want to see some old-school videos go find those ones they're pretty
good here is the same powder coating gun I use many years back just an Eastwood
cheap little unit but it sure does work good this is the control box obviously a
gun with an air hookup and then over here is the ground you attach that to
the part and then the little trigger button and this activates the charge to
the part when you push it and then just the power cord these are the powders
I'll be using on the shock spring first coat is a chrome base followed up with a
red this is a transparent red so the finish is going to be like a candy red
or translucent red and then of course we've got the oven
just pick this thing up on Craigslist just your standard oven got a preheating
right now and you definitely don't want to use your household oven I mean like
an oven that you actually be cooking in afterwards all right
enough talking let's get to powder coating so I've got the rack here got to
find a way to hang the shock spring from the rack and I wish I had a set of
sawhorses but I'm just gonna have to improvise here and hang it on the ends
of the cart basically what I'm doing is hanging the spring from the rack
spraying the powder on and then baking it in the oven all right before spraying
any powder you'll need a wipe the part down with something
such as acetone I've got this pre-painting prep they call it so it's
basically a an acetone or mineral spirits
now if the part I'll cleaned up I'm gonna give the spring a preheat through
the oven basically what this does is it pre bakes the part and removes any
impurities or anything that will come to the surface and it just props it for
powder coating just gives it that extra extra clean
so I've got these handy little hooks that I'm going to use to hang the spring
from the rack just works something like that all right now I'm gonna drop in the
oven and let it heat at 350 for about 10 to 15 minutes while I've got the part
preheating I'm gonna set up the powder coating gun and get powder ready to go
and since this stuff has been sitting around for like five years
should probably blow all the dust off with the air compressor and since I'm
not gonna really use much for this project got a little plastic spoon here
just gonna dump a little into the plastic container that screws onto the
gun over here and in case you guys are wondering where I got my powders from
these two colors are from prismatic powders online right here this one is a
super chrome and the red is called dazzling red I'll put the links to their
website down in the description and for the gun as well I will link it down
below too so you guys can see the whole setup that I'm using all right there
should be enough powder for this project just screws on to its gun like that and
now on this end obviously an air hookup and it's pretty much necessary to have a
regulator on your gun that way you can regulate the flow of the powder coming
out and that makes a really big difference so you pretty much just want
a nice slow flow out coming out of the gun
and right now I have it around 10 psi so it doesn't really take a whole lot of
pressure to make these powder coating guns work and once I have the sink
plugged in I'll be all set ready to go all right guys it is time to pull the
spring out of the oven and spray it with the first coat probably wear some gloves
for this huh might be a little bit warm while the
shock spring is cooling down I should probably clean up the carts here that
powder gets into everything and I've been kind of sloppy lately so good time
to pick things up all right I'm gonna give this spring one warm wipe down
before I throw some powder at it well it's kind of hard to wipe it down with
it hanging from the rack but it's gonna do the best I can or here so this is the
little alligator clip that I showed you earlier I'm gonna clip this onto the
part somewhere and then start dusting down the spring with powder so right
where I'm clipping it here it doesn't really matter it's the top of the spring
and it won't be visible I need a nice solid ground for this powder to stick
and this is the button that activates it as soon as I push that button the part
will be electrically charged and the powder coming out of the gun will be
attracted to the part and it'll stick like glue all right let's give it a shot
see if I remember how to do this
remember right I think what I was doing is laying down the powder and the
toughest and the hardest places to get to doing that part first so obviously on
the spring that's gonna be in between the coils here so the powder coming out
looks like a gray like a really flat gray but as soon as it's baked it is
gonna be looking pretty much like chrome
looks like I've got a nice even coat here on the spring I'm gonna pop off
this ground and then toss the spring in the oven for let's see the manufacturer
recommended twelve minutes at 450 degrees so that is what I'm gonna go
with all right let's say goodbye to the shock spring wish it look I'm like
really excited to see how the spring turns out so instead of opening the oven
door like every five seconds to look at it I'm gonna go package up an order that
just came through
let's go check on that spring what will she look like wow that actually looks
really good for a powder coat Chrome that looks pretty darn close to Chrome
itself now for the tricky part gonna pull the spring out of the oven
and before it cools down too much I have to spray on that red powder alrighty
guys here's a little better look at the chrome first stage spraying the first
coat in a translucent color is always the easiest now I've got my work cut out
for me spraying this red so with the red or the second coat it's not gonna want
to stick if the part is all the way cooled off so that's why I gotta spray
it when the part still has some heat left in it and I believe from when I
powder-coated before I would wait until the rack was cool to the touch and then
spray the second coat how these transparent colors work is you have a
chrome base layer which I've got down right now and then you throw the color
on top of it and the color is transparent so you can see through to
the chrome base and that's what gives it that really kind of anodized or candy
look to it and of course I'm gonna switch out the powder for the red when
you switch off the powder you're gonna have to blow all this powder left in the
gun
all right the rack is just cool enough to touch now and that should be the
perfect temperature to spray the red at
so I waited a little bit too long to spray the red and the part cooled off
too much so it wasn't sticking quite as good as I
would hoped so I might have to do a second coat on this one that's why it's
so tricky to spray these translucent colors you have to hit the temperature
just right all right got the second coat laid down and the springs back in the
oven gonna come back in about 12 to 15 minutes and this thing should be fully
cured man just the smell of the powder curing brings back so many memories of
living at my parents house and powder coating all the stuff building these
bikes it's been way too long since I've powder coat it I'm pretty excited to see
how the spring turns out if everything goes to plan I'll definitely be doing
some more powder coating on this build well the 15 minutes is up let's take a
look at this thing
pretty frickin sweet color if he asked me I thought for sure I had messed it up
when that first coat of red didn't go down very good but in the end it turned
out pretty good so it's got a little bit of metallic in
it just a hint
well the spring turned out prime really happy with the final result
as you can imagine the next video coming up is gonna be on putting the shock back
together installing new bushings new seals and new oil as well so keep a
lookout for that one and just a quick reminder I've only got a couple of these
hats left so head over to prime of XCOM and check them out I'll see you guys
later
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