About Us

The idea for SS2metal took shape about 5 years ago.  Scott was looking for a way to supplement the family income from home.  Previously he did part time work servicing and installing air conditioning systems but the Texas heat in the summer was making it hard for him to work in attics.  

During this time Sherry had a health emergency and was taken to the local emergency room for treatment.  After triage was completed we waited for 12 hours before a decision was made to admit her to the hospital.  While waiting Scott was reading articles on the internet about CNC plasma metal work.  As the price of a manufactured CNC plasma machine was more than the budget would support Scott decided to build his own table.

After a lot of study the design was finalized and constructed.  A steep learning curve followed and eventually we were making simple wall art.  In the beginning all pieces were just painted.  Once the weather started to cool it was taking longer and longer for the paint to dry and the decision was made to buy a powder coating gun.  Powder coating is a method of imparting a high (10,000 volts+) charge on a fine powder and spraying it on a grounded piece.  The powder sticks to the part due to static electricity.  The powdered part is then placed ina 400 degree oven to cure. At 400 degrees the powder melts and completely seals the part with a tough and environmentally resistant finish.  As a bonus there is no solvent cleanup that would be used with paint; compressed air is used to blow off the powder.

In the beginning of the powder coating adventure a “beginner” gun was used and the parts baked in an old kitchen oven.  Unfortunately part size was limited and a commercial oven was prohibitively expensive  so we constructed our own.  The new oven can accept parts up to 3 feet wide and 5.5 feet tall.  We also bought a commercial powder coating gun to better coat items in a production setting.    Don’t hesitate to contact us with any metal fabrication or powder coating requests.