Baking paint and chrome

damiansd

damiansd

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Hey all,

I've started the process of baking all my rattle can parts in the oven. They are coming out great. My wife is awesome in letting me do them in our normal kitchen oven.

Next up is the fuel tank. It's been thoroughly cleaned out so there is no gas, vapur, anything left in it. My concern is around the chrome plating on the side of the tank.

Here is the tank, ready for a red stripe to be painted down the middle. Then once clear coated, I'd like to bake the paint but don't won't to mess the chrome sides up.

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Any concern with putting chrome in the oven to bake? The temperature I'm looking at is 125C (248F) for two hours.

Let me know,
D.
 
Baking paint of any type in an indoor kitchen oven is not a good idea. One that one held gas sounds like a death wish. Those tanks hold vapors ln ways you may not imagine.
 
The chrome itself is not a problem at such low temps.

Even if you cleaned the tank extremely well, it still has residue. Any corrosion inside holds fuel in its "catacombs" until heated.

I dunno, even if I wasn't worried about a fire/explosion, I'd be worried about petrol fumes in my next cheescake. Best to pick up an old junker on the side of the curb and bake in that...
 
The tank has been acid dipped, chromed, professionally cleaned, then soda cleaned internally by me and been airing for months. I'm more concerned about rust forming due to a lack of gas than anything else.

Death wish? Thanks for the feedback.

So what are my alternatives for ensuring the paint dries hard? I'm happy to let it sit for months if need be.
 
Oven baking will not hurt chrome. Think of exhaust pipes.

And as long as you have an electric oven (IE: not gas with a naked flame) you have little chance of igniting any residual fuel vapors.

Sounds like the tank is pretty much void of gas fumes anyway by the way you've described how it's been cleaned. But if you're still paranoid, hook a hose up to your car exhaust and put it inside the fuel tank. Run the car for 20 minutes and any fuel vapors will be gone.

Obviously do that outside....
 
Thanks Hillsy, I'll ponder what my kitchen might look like after a gas tank has exploded... The oven is an electric :)
 
Dude if you want to be a douche about it that's fine. People get on these boards all the time asking questions about welding, cutting, baking, tanks and just assume bc they cleaned the tank with water and let it sat that the vapors are gone. I wasn't calling you stupid or anything, just making sure you didn't accidentally grenade your kitchen. My bad. I still don't think baking ANY paint inside the house is a real safe thing. Lots of chemicals in those cans and I am not a chemist who knows exactly how those chemicals react to heat. I've heard some of them can get a lot more toxic. To answer your actual question....the chrome will be fine.
 
Thanks gijoe. I didn't mean to be difficult, No offense intended. Thanks for the info.
 
The alternative I used to baking in my household oven was using an old propane grill with a piece of 16ga sheet metal on the grates. I did it that way for 2 reasons I wanted to keep it out doors so any fumes from the paint didn't bother me or my family while baking and if anything went wrong it was outside rather than inside. Don't know if it would be ok on the chrome to do that and also it's much harder to regulate the temp on a grill I had to keep a close eye on mine. But it did work very well.
 
Some chrome on pipes is good, some go bad after a year or so. If it's old chrome, and has any defects, bringing it to temp may cause the tank metal and the chrome plating to expand at different rates causing the chrome to pop off the metal. It may be less of a concern at paint baking temps but it is always a concern when powder coating. Good chrome has few issues, but it's been a long time since I saw a quality chrome plating job. Most aftermarket wheels and chrome plating come from China now and it's just plain crap. Ultra wheels only warranty the chrome of 1 year, and it won't last much longer than that without flaking or starting to pit.
 
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