Hoping this section is okay for this...

I picked up a Craftsman Powder Coating kit last week and finally got some powder in today! The powder coating gun is a simple fan-driven plastic thing, but seems like it will work well for the little bit of coating I need for small parts. No way I can approach Tim's level of quality but I think it's better than spray paint, if I say so myself.

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I had this gear laying around and it was kind of scuffed up from its previous life. The coating is "Black Chrome II" and pretty dark. I think it turned out pretty good, being that it was coated with a cheap gun and cooked in a toaster oven!

Just wanted to share my joy at a new (for me) way of customizing my saber parts, and encourage anyone out there who though PC'ing was too expensive to do at home to give it a try. There are cheap versions of the good tools and you can actually get decent results!

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