What to do when powder coat starts to fisheye on you

​The first and most important thing you need to do for any powder coating job is to properly prep the materials before you apply the powder coat

So how do you properly prep the materials?

​With any material you were going to powder coat, if it is bigger than a 1 ½” on one surface you should a braise the surface. A braise the surface means to take sandpaper, a Sander or you can have it sand blasted. That roughs up the surface, so the powder coat has something to adhere to and not peel off. Now if your surfaces are 1 1/2 inches or smaller you need to get a rag that does not leave small particles behind when you wipe with it, I recommend using white cotton cloth rags. You want to use some sort of a cleaning compound that will leave no residue when it dries, I recommend acetone. Apply the acetone to the white cotton rag and rub the surface that you are intending to powder coat, at this point you want to be extremely detail orientated you want to leave no dirt, oil, Greece or anything whatever you leave on the metal we'll go underneath the powder coat and ruin the finish. Typically, most fisheyes are from oil residue being left behind/missed. Then the next step is to make sure the material has had proper time to let the rest of the chemical dissipate. Now we are ready to apply powder coat, don't forget to attach the ground to the material. During the process of applying your powder coat if you happen to notice weird little circles/fisheyes, don't worry it is not that big of a deal but immediately stop applying the powder coat. You need to take a air hose and blow off all the powder coat, take a clean white rag and proceed to wipe off the material once you have removed all of the powder coat with the white rag you can now apply more of the acetone and wipe down the material again. That is why you need to be extremely detailed oriented when you are cleaning all the material that is going to be powder coated, it just adds more work on you. if you have any questions about how to properly apply powder coat please read my blog, I have an incredibly detailed blog on how to apply powder coat. If you have any questions, please feel free to write a comment or an e-mail and I would be happy to answer them for you. I will provide links below for materials I recommend cleaning your project with.