By Chris Tropea
Oct 14, 2021
We test Eastwood’s PCS-250 powder-coating gun to show you just how easy it is to start powder-coating parts in the comfort of your home—though you should probably stick to the garage. Presented by CRC Industries.
2/27/25 9:04 a.m.
Hey, it’s JG. He powder coated a bike part for me using this very setup.
2/27/25 9:08 a.m.
He also powder coated some Beetle parts for me with this setup.
2/27/25 10:57 a.m.
JG is the power coating machine.
2/27/25 11:11 a.m.
Been there done that. In short, the system works fine, but:
1. What you can coat will be limited by the size of your oven, so that prevents doing anything large.
2. Eastwood warns against using a gas oven for two reasons. If the powder falls off the part and contacts the gas flame, a dust explosion can occur. Also, strong convection currents in the air can dislodge the powder.
3. If you come up with the bright idea of hanging parts in a toaster oven on its side as I did, the problem is that without a fan to keep the temperature uniform, the top of the part gets baked more than the bottom. I ended up with many parts being half glossy and half flat.
The above - and the number of parts I had to coat - were all reasons that I ended up selling it and letting the pros do the work.
2/27/25 12:01 p.m.
I will also recommend that once you start using an over for powder coating you should stop using it to heat chicken wings.
2/27/25 1:33 p.m.
In reply to JG Pasterjak :
Directions unclear. Now my powdercoated chicken wings taste chalky.
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