Thinking of starting a E Coat Job shop?

I'm a Federal Fire Fighter by day and custom painter and powder coater by night. I've been thinking of opening a shop of my own for years and am very interested in E Coating. So my Question is this. Is it cost effective? I've seen Custom E-coat in person but am not familiar with the actual process. I understand the concept but have never seen it done. So how does it actually work or "go down the line."? And Finally is there a smaller line setup or something to do smaller parts? Just something to get started and make bigger. Or am I lost in the sauce somewhere.

There are parts of the question that I can answer and then there are parts which I cannot.

I cannot answer if a small E-coat line will be successful / cost effective. I do not know if there is a requirement for E-coating of small parts.

What I do know is that small E-coat lines are available. And I say that with authority since we manufacture and supply them.

For the entire process you can refer to www.electrocoat.org

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and also to our web site.

Hopefully between the two, all your questions will be answered.