And we have many different sizes of parts. Our oven and spray booth are scaled for very large parts because we wanted the flexibility to coat large parts. Dauenhauer works mostly with custom manufacturers, and batches of products are small, typically 6 to 12 in the case of bicycle frames. The whole process of cleaning, drying, and painting takes about 15 minutes, Frazer says. Water use is minimal, and water conditioners are unnecessary.
Maintenance is also light.
The product is rugged, he says. We use a titration system daily to check the concentration of iron phosphate. Every couple of weeks, we check the filters to make sure they don't need to be cleaned. We keep a couple of sets on hand a rotate them. They usually need to be cleaned.