Fumes?

[gareth96]

Do I really need to bake the powder coat outside? It's windy as **** and I have my first batch ready to go.. How bad are the fumes if you do it inside?

[Rcmaveric]

I have done it next to an open door with a fan. Still made the house smell like melted plastic.

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[BNE]

Just depends, if you are married then YES, you need to do it outside.

All jokes aside, it stinks. You will want to have it outside. I stick the oven right outside my garage door and close the door.

[popper]

I cook in the garage with the door shut, but I walk away during the cook. The quantity of gas generated is not large but it does stick around for a while. Basically, any decent ventilation reduces any toxic vapor but it does smell a bit.

[gareth96]

I only did a small batch of 20 45ACP, and 20 9mm.. did it in the laundry room with the window open, wasn't too bad. Guess it will be compoundingly worse when I up it to 200 45ACP..

[Froogal]

That is another reason I don't want to get into powder coating. If it works for you, go for it.

[Baltimoreed]

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Not noticed any smell in my shop/barn, but it is a big ‘un.

[nun2kute]

I quit smoking in 2002, musta really messed with my smeller cuz I never notice any smell in and enclosed garage. HF red, white and black and at least one of Smokes colors too. But my BIL says when I wash swage lube off my bullets on the Kitchen stove with boiling water it stinks the whole house. LOL I'll pay closer attention next time.

[Kraschenbirn]

There's an exhaust fan, vented to the outside, over the workbench where I place my toaster oven and while I sometimes notice a 'hot plastic' aroma when baking boolits, it's nothing I'd consider "fumes". But, then, I only do small batches (40-60 pcs per tray) and only use Smoke's powders.

Bill

[bmortell]

better to be safe now than to find out it causes cancer next year

[Peregrine]

Really really bad. Just wait.

[Hick]

Could the problem be the color? I PC with clear and it's almost odorless

[retread]

I installed this fan I got off a HVAC unit and ducted it through the wall to the outside. Takes a fumes from casting and/or powder coating.

[flyingmonkey35]

I installed this fan I got off a HVAC unit and ducted it through the wall to the outside. Takes a fumes from casting and/or powder coating.

That looks a bit overkill. But hey if it works don't knock it.

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[ipijohn]

I put my powder coat curing oven in one of my fireplaces, no smell, easy to set up and take down. My wife can use the other if she wants a fire.

[white eagle]

no problems baking inside
I have started that way and continue to
do all my pc activities in my basement
reloading room

[Willbird]

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Not noticed any smell in my shop/barn, but it is a big ‘un.

My heated shop area is 10' x 24' and I never noticed any smell when PC bullets.

Bill

[Hossfly]

I do all my casting in the barn tack/reloading room,near window, with fan into barn. Horses don’t complain any, about PC smelling bad.

[gareth96]

I used Smokes JD Green.. and did 3 batches back to back of about 180 45ACP in each schwack.. Did it in the laundry room with the window cracked, and not really bad at all.

[Conditor22]

That looks a bit overkill. But hey if it works don't knock it.

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Maybe he has it on a rheostat. Maybe the price was right. Usually you can get a furnace fan for free.

I have squirrel cage fan from a furnace blowing down the space in front of my casting/coating bench to keep things tolerable in the summer.

For casting and coating I have a kitchen vent fan with a inline booster fan venting the fumes out of the garage so I can cast and coat year round.