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Spillsy Powder Coating was created in 2008 by myself, Michael Spillers (a.k.a. Spills) and my good friend Chris Canup. We have a small shop in Auburn, GA where I work on my side project and passion for the past 5 years, my 1989 Camaro RS 383. This small two car shop was just big enough for my car as well as Chris’ wife’s 1979 Trans Am that’s also a project in the works. After pulling the Camaro into the shop for the first time, I decided that I had taken too many short cuts when building the car the first time and I needed to start all over. One of the main things that I hated was how just about everything on the car was spray painted. That’s when the ideas started flying.
About 3 months later, I came across a magazine article talking about powder coating. I was so intrigued by the durability and the quality of finish powder coat has over conventional paints. I decided to give it a shot and ordered my first powder gun. I had talked to some friends of mine and I found an old oven that I could use to cure the parts in. I got the oven wired in the shop, and that same day I coated my first part. I had a diesel piston out of a Caterpillar motor that was being used as an ashtray in the shop. I cleaned it up and shot some gloss black on it. Though it was not my best work, I was still excited that it turned out pretty decent. After trying out a few other pieces, I knew I found my other passion.
Not too long after my first test pieces, I started getting requests from friends to refinish parts, anything from foot pegs on a ’79 Yamaha to an old milk jug from the 1920s. Along the way I started to get more confident in my work and decided that this is what I wanted to do for a living. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, I had lost my day job and I had to put the powder coating to the side while I found steady income elsewhere.
Though currently I am still only setup for small items such as valve covers, suspension components, and other medium sized parts, I am in the process of building a larger oven that can accommodate a motorcycle or ATV frame. We are also getting into anodizing very soon and we will be able to offer that as another type of metal finish.
No matter how much I want to quit my day job and try to turn this passion into a career, I am keeping my goals in order. I am currently attending Gainesville State College for my Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Even though I have a full schedule consisting of a full time job and school, I am still eager to take on new tasks in metal refinishing.
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