Stripping Edcor's powder coating

[boywonder]

In case anyone is interested, Edcor's powder coating comes off relatively easy with conventional paint stripper. Just about falls off, actually.

I used Klean-Strip KS-3 stripper.........

[Golana]

Excellant, that blue never did it for me.

[rsumperl]

Greetings,
Do you have any suggestions on repainting? Painting is definitely not my forte.

Thanks,
Ray

[taj]

And FYI, Edcor have recently begun selling raw unpainted endbells (separately, not as a transformer option) if that suits ones' circumstances.

..Todd

[ronaldw441]

Edcor also sells wrinkle black coated bells. I think they're $10 a set (one pair of bells for one transformer). The unpainted bells are the same price (or at least they were a few months ago).

[boywonder]

You mean to tell me I've been stripping and repainting these black for nothin'? @#*@*)@!!!!

well, I suppose I'm saving $10...........less sandpaper, bead blast, spray paint, mineral spirits, etc...

[boywonder]

Originally Posted by rsumperl

Greetings,
Do you have any suggestions on repainting? Painting is definitely not my forte.

Thanks,
Ray

I've been bead-blasting the gloss off of the blue powder coat and using satin black rustoleum. My last project used hammertone paint, and looks good.

These ended up stripped because I initially painted them champagne silver but didn't like it. When I stripped off the silver, the blue came off too.

Use a light coat of primer first if you go down to bare metal; as they begin to rust in about 10 minutes after they are stripped.

[rsumperl]

So, after you paint, do you bake them at a low temp? Do you apply more than one coat?

Thanks

[wrenchone]

I don't know about the Edcor blue, but if I get a set of old transformers where the paint is all messed up, a few passes with a wire wheel in a drill press takes the paint right off to the bare metal, no chemicals needed. I then prime and paint my color of choice. Cast-iron grey metal flake engine enamel looks pretty good, and it's tough stuff. For an example, check out my "Kingfisher" thread in tubes. The engine enamel and automotive touch-up paint seem to like about an hour in an oven at ~200F to set them up.

[chrisb]

FWIW, I've had a local powder coater bead blast and spray a couple of sets of transformer end bells for less money than a couple of cans of Hammerite texture paint. Maybe I got an especially good deal 'cause our commercial millwork installations also include a lot of steel and aluminum metal work, and he gets all our business.

I quite like the look of one called Copper Vein.

These are not Edcor iron, but the before and after gives the general idea.