Powder Paint Fluid Bed

Quick tutorial on how to build inexpensive and easy fluid beds for powder painting jig heads and other lures.

Powder paint fluid bed.

I first went to menards and petco. The fluid bed suspends the powder paint on a column of slow moving air. First cut 8 2 in pieces from the length of pvc. Here is a link to the fluid beds in use https.

Powder paint fluid beds are the most popular method for precise powder painting. A fluid bed allows powder paint to be suspended in air to approximately twice its normal volume inside the units interchangable cup. By fluidizing the powder quality and control of the paint application are greatly improved over trying to dip into stagnant powder. With a fluidizing bed powder that is too fine can cause irregular coverage.

Regulate air to bring powder to slight boil. It keeps the powder coat moving and prevents it from compacting which makes it very easy to get a quick and even coat on your jigs. With electrostatic spray processes one needs to monitor kva humidity grounding issues powder delivery issues gun maintenance and replacement of wear parts. Keep air pump away from powder dust so filter on air pump doesn t become clogged and restrict air flow.

Once the powder is fluidized as described above it can be transferred using venturi or dense phase pumps more information about these can be obtained from your application equipment manufacturers. I made two fluid beds. Add powder paint to fluid bed cup. In this video i used two 1 5 solvent unions from the plumbing aisle a piece of 1.

At menards i gathered the common pvc materials. Spray application in spray application the powder must be transported from the fluid bed or box via tubes to the spray guns. Powder painting fluid bed. This is a how to video for making a powder paint fluid bed for painting jigs and sinkers.

Cut and assemble the bottom pieces. Too much air flow will result in excessive dust. Dip preheated part into fluidized. The fluid bed consists of a 3 diameter by 3 deep powder cup the base that contains the air chamber and regulator and an air pump.

Four chamber fluid bed for powder painting step 1. With fluid bed coating one monitors much lower tech parameters such as fluidization level the powder depth preheat temperature and dip time.