Paint drying

Saw a clip on Youtube of a guy who uses one of these food dehydrators to get a good paint bake quickly on models - temperature range 30c - 70c - thought i'd give it a go. Will let you know whether its worth the £45 invested.

Ive heard of a guy on another forum using one of these as well to cure the paint faster. Definitely let us know how it goes

paul, not being familiar with these, is it large enough to house a 1:18 or just the wee ones?  

Give me the typical dinensions of 1/18 and i'll have a measure up. Might be too small.

roughly 10" x 5"  m8.... cheers  

10" x 5 1/2" fits inside the one i ordered - maybe 5-10mm spare. You can see in the pictures that there are a number of trays - you have to effectively cut out the centre of the trays apart from the bottom one (which the car rests on) and the cover - you need to do this to keep the height as each shelf is only about 1 1/2" deep.

good stuff, cheers paul.   

Looks a great idea, Paul, will be very interested to see how you get on with it.

Is it me or does anyone else find yellow paints take longer to harden than other colours?! Would make a great test to pray yellow and see how long the paint takes to cure and how hard it becomes. I've had to reword that sentence, as it was a neat (rude) double-entendre!   

Mind you, I expect SWMBO would blow a fuse if I bought one of these.... and no, that's not a double-entendre either!      

Thanks for posting and look forward to your findings Paul. Cheers, Steve

Have you got a link for the You Tube clip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eC-f_b-xhA

as an American, temps he mentions will be farrenheit - dont try and bake a car at 110c :-)



UPDATE - cant vouch for yellow paint, but it works on bananas for a trial run! I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to this type of thing, but the instructions say dont run it for more than 72hrs constant - not sure i'd feel happy running overnight/leaving unattended, but equally not sure of the implications of stop starting.

Cant remember if the clip says this, but i think warm paint is soft so you need to let it cool back down before handling. What we need is paint guru Colin Cazzo to opine on this!

Before cutting up the trays i might see if i can fashion a collar of thin plastic to get the height - that way if it doesnt work out i can sell it without a load of useless trays

Wow! He's very keen, perhaps obsessed even. He's got decals all over his hands and arms!   

There's mention of the heater having a fan. Is there any danger of dust in the air being sucked into the drying area?

Have you given the beastie a go in anger yet?

Cheers, Steve

Need to laquer some cars this weekend. May give it a go then.

Excellent, Paul. Let us know how you get on.

Cheers, Steve

Sunday Roast.........




So far, it does what its meant to - noticeably quicker dry time. I replaced all bar the bottom shelf and the lid with gaffer taped plasticard - means i dont have to cut the shelves.

reeft1 wrote:Cant remember if the clip says this, but i think warm paint is soft so you need to let it cool back down before handling. What we need is paint guru Colin Cazzo to opine on this!

Yes Paul all that is 100% true.... well maybe not the "paint guru Colin Cazzo" part   

It would be best to let the model/parts cool before handling them,
You could lift the models to move them somewhere to cool but I'd advise letting them sit to fully cure before working with them,

Them models look well sitting in there, you should get good results when finished


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Nice to see it working Paul.

Was thinking of getting one but don't know if i can be bothered anymore. Loosing interest lately.

Oh no / not you as well

Hi Paul,

Thanks for posting the pics of the drier in use.

Do you get much paint smell coming from the unit when it's working?

Let us know what the paint is like onces it's been dried and cooled off again to cure. Is it any harder/ tougher than equivalent paint kept at ambient temperature?

And Chris, what's all this about then?! 'Loosing interest lately'!    Eh!!? Come on, keep with the programme!!    Use 'The Force' if necessary, but don't lose interest!

Cheers both, Steve

Not totally out of it quite yet. Sold alot off but i still have my MG/Rovers and some MK2's. Just lost me mojo me thinks