My powdercoating days were stemmed from getting layed off at my job (avionics tech at an aircraft manufacturing company) I did a bunch of research, found out it was pretty simple to do, but also very messy. I was lucky and had a buddy give me an old kitchen oven, other than that I purchased the necessary hardware both locally and online. Powder is fairly cheap online and comes in a variety of colors and textures and the process i had to learn on my own. The biggest thing I had to learn was prep, cleaning and preparing the parts for the pain make a world of difference on a finished product.