Gun Kote and the kitchen oven

[lanceriley]

when oven baking a gun koted item. will there be "vapors" or residues that will stick to the oven? There are some that says that it's ok and others say that there will be residues sticking to the walls.

i've been experimenting with applying gun kote to gun parts. I don't want to end up eating gun kote.

so does anybody know the real answer?

[Hill]

my wife says "No problem".

But she always specifies that I have to use the upper oven. :)

[Tom]

I don't know how hot the oven needs to be for the coating to cure properly, but maybe an inexpensive toaster over would fit the bill.

[Dave Berryhill]

I don't know how hot the oven needs to be for the coating to cure properly, but maybe an inexpensive toaster oven would fit the bill.

Yes, that is a MUCH better idea!

[lanceriley]

temp run around 300-325F

anybody else have any idea?

[tonka]

MY Main Gal read the MSDS on Gun-Kote. She's a HazMat shipper with all kinds of credentials, so you can pretty much take her word to the bank. Her word follows:

"Sure, go ahead. After you're done, I'll either get a new oven out of the deal, or you can take me out to dinner FOREVER."

'Nuff said! She went on to suggest a toaster oven, USED OUTSIDE.

[Dave Berryhill]

From Alex Hamilton's website on applying Gun Kote:
http://www.tenring.com/Applygun.htm

THE FUMES AND VAPORS FROM GUN KOTE, LIKE ALL CHEMICAL SPRAYS FROM PAINT TO INSECTICIDES, ARE TOXIC WHEN INHALED IN EXCESSIVE DOSES! PLEASE, FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, USE GUN KOTE SAFELY, IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA AND DOWN WIND FROM PEOPLE AND PETS.

I don't know about you but I don't use Gun Kote indoors, not to mention in the oven where food is cooked. I apply it in the shop or garage with the doors open and I also wear a respirator. That may not be the answer that you want to hear but if you do a little bit of research you'll learn that it contains some nasty chemicals. If you still want to use it in your kitchen oven then have at it.

[lanceriley]

I guess.... im getting a toaster oven =)

whenever I do something spray=on. I always use a respirator. thanks for the reminder dave.

thanks for the info guys. i'll be more careful.

[Hill]

Oh, pshaw.....I've been cooking paints for all of my 30 years.......Nothin' to worry about, I'm healthy as a horse!!
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p263/twagger/firearms/oldmanpipe.jpg

[Tom]

As a horse?

http://www.fightingarts.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/deadhorse.gif

[lanceriley]

so baking paint in the oven is ok Mr. Hill?

[Hill]

so baking paint in the oven is ok Mr. Hill?

I didn't say that, I said I ain't dead yet! :lm:

For info: I'm 59, not 30, thank goodness.

[lanceriley]

oh ok hehehehe...