Guide Bar Painting.......to bake or not to bake, that is the question

[STIHL-KID]

I read a few old posts regarding the process of "baking" freshly painted items in an oven. I just got done painting my Stihl 20" bar with "Stihl-Grey" spray paint. How should I bake this bar in the oven? I have an older oven in the kitchen, the lowest setting is 150F. I just want to make sure that if I do this.......I won't be ruining the bar nose sprocket and internal bearing. Also my family is concerned with any overwhelming fumes in the kitchen emmitting. Hope to hear a response. If anyone has a sure-fire method, I would be interested in knowing.

STIHL-KID

 

[Lakeside53]

Be careful... a ordinary oven is radient heating, and the temperature control is poor...Even 150 means it's on FULL until the thermostat says it's reach temperatiure, then its OFF, and so it continues.. The ON stage will fry the paint... Your bearing should be safe.. but unless you were able to degrease it internally, it will ooze oils eveywhere..

True convection ovens heat the air - no direct radient heat. Much better for paint baking.

For a bar, you'd be better off with a set of heat lamps in a row, but watch them.. and you'd be better off with a 2 part epoxy paint, and a gentle heat lamp or warm place to cure... Stihl bar paint is a form of epoxy... which is why it's so tough.

 

[chowdozer]

I read a few old posts regarding the process of "baking" freshly painted items in an oven. I just got done painting my Stihl 20" bar with "Stihl-Grey" spray paint. How should I bake this bar in the oven? I have an older oven in the kitchen, the lowest setting is 150F. I just want to make sure that if I do this.......I won't be ruining the bar nose sprocket and internal bearing. Also my family is concerned with any overwhelming fumes in the kitchen emmitting. Hope to hear a response. If anyone has a sure-fire method, I would be interested in knowing.

STIHL-KID

I usually bake stuff at 225-250 for 1-1.5 hrs. Done it los of times. It's going to stink up your house. If you're worried about radiant heat like Lake says, put a piece of sheetmetal under it. You'd probably want to take some sheetmetal and bend it into a 1"x1" angle and slip it in the bar groove on each side so it doesn't lay on the sheetmetal. Regular Krylon is pretty durable when it's baked. Don't bake aluminum like Rochester Quadrajets though. Nothing fits anymore!

 

[manual]

Funny you should ask about baking Bars
I just took all mine to work tonight and put a fresh coat of paint on them.
I used poly paint. "Boeing gray" They look great and are ready for next month.
Baked them at 200 degrees.
You could preheat your oven, put the bars in,and shut the oven off.
leave them in there till the oven cools off.

Wonder if you could put foil on the bottom rack so they don't get burnt.

 

[STIHL-KID]

At this point, I think I'll play it safe and avoid the oven. My house is a cozy 70 degress......give it a couple of days and the bar should be ready for service.

 

[chowdozer]

At this point, I think I'll play it safe and avoid the oven. My house is a cozy 70 degress......give it a couple of days and the bar should be ready for service.

Baking them really makes that paint stick. I painted the wing window frames on my pickup with Krylon and baked them 15 years ago. Truck never sees a garage. Still look great!

 

[windthrown]

Cooking Chainsaw Bars with Manual....

Funny you should ask about baking Bars
I just took all mine to work tonight and put a fresh coat of paint on them.
I used poly paint. "Boeing gray" They look great and are ready for next month.
Baked them at 200 degrees.
You could preheat your oven, put the bars in,and shut the oven off.
leave them in there till the oven cools off.

Wonder if you could put foil on the bottom rack so they don't get burnt.

Man, you make it sound like a cooking show on the Food Network!

Coat your bars with Boeing Grey and bake in the oven at 200.

Yum yum! :jester:

 

[manual]

Easy Bake

Wanna try some of them Muffler squares ?

Mmmm Good .

 

[newguy18]

guide bar painting

hi my name is bill howe and i was a small engine and auto mechanic.all you have to do when you paint your bar espesicaly power tip bars is spray it down with carb and choke cleaner,then wipe it down with a rag to remove the oil residue this may require the process be repeated two more times.after that all you have to do is give each side a good heavy coat of high gloss spray enamel.in order to cut waitng time in half i recomend hanging the bar from a limb with a light gauge rope so you can paint both sides at once.if you have any trouble with any of your equipment small or large feel free to email me with a description or pictures of the problem and i will tell you how to fix it.

 

[sawjo]

I bought three heat lamps and three of those cheapo clip-on work lights form Wallyworld. I clip the lights to a step ladder or shop stool or whatever you need to keep them approx 16" away from the piece. I placed an oven thermometer down near my piece work and it was at 250 degree's. I can paint all year out in my shop without blasting the heat all night. I generally let things cook over night and what a difference it makes - paint gets very hard. I also use them to warm up the paint and piece work before I paint. This works very well and alows me to do my painting in the garage and not the kitchen

 

[timberwolf]

Why paint a bar? unless I guess to try to scoop up a couple extra bucks on epay from someone who is bidding on appearance.

I kinda like grinding the paint off and giving a little polishing, end of story.

 

[SawTroll]

Why paint a bar? .....

Best question so far, in this tread......

 

[GASoline71]

Best question so far, in this tread......

Yup... HAHAHA!

Gary

 

[manual]

Ah, why not. It's not like I going to touch them up every time I use them.

One bar Tom gave me, the other bar was hanging on the wall sence last year.
(Rusty), So I refaced them all, cleaned the grove, looked over and seen some paint and said W.T.F.
Then put them in the oven, If you got it, use
Here ya go. Dirty dogs.

 

[STIHL-KID]

The final product.........

I thought I'd post a picture of how my guide bar turned out........ opcorn:

 

[Lakeside53]

Nice... But now you need the stencil for the black Stihl lettering:jester:

 

[STIHL-KID]

I thought about that..........how can I get a "STIHL" stencil? The bar is originally a "farm boss". Be kinda neat to get a stencil for the farm boss lumberjack head.

 

[Woodie]

I thought I'd post a picture of how my guide bar turned out........ opcorn:

Nice job!

Of course, if you really wanted to make it aftermarket "factory-fresh," you need to get a bunch of globs of paint down between the rails...

 

[Lakeside53]

I thought about that..........how can I get a "STIHL" stencil? The bar is originally a "farm boss". Be kinda neat to get a stencil for the farm boss lumberjack head.

You'll need to either photograph a new bar, and/or make your own... Let me know when it's done and I'll borrow it:biggrinbounce2:

 

[dtnodya]

I thought about that..........how can I get a "STIHL" stencil? The bar is originally a "farm boss". Be kinda neat to get a stencil for the farm boss lumberjack head.

I can tell you how I did this one:

If you want ... What you need is some Avery 'large label' paper (printer size sheet of paper with an adhesive back ... any office supply store has it) and I'll do the logo if you want ... Print it out and use an exacto knife to cut it out ... After it's cut, remove the adhesive backing off the paper and just mask everything else off (wrap newspaper or whatever around the ends of the bar), then paint.

FWIW, I cut a lot of wood the other day and the paint is still on the bar (amazingly) .. I figured it would come right off ... it just got dirty