Hangerless magnetic paint conveyor system

A paint system, comprising:

• a grounded, continuous, magnetically-conductive belt mounted so that successive portions of the length of the magnetically-conductive belt travel along a path;
• a magnet mounted along a portion of the path, the magnet having sufficient magnetic strength and the magnetically-conductive belt being sufficiently magnetically-conductive such that, a part of the magnetically-conductive belt in the portion has a magnetic force from the magnet, the magnetic force being sufficient to hold ferromagnetic items against the magnetically-conductive belt as the magnetically-conductive belt travels along the portion of the path, and wherein ferromagnetic items held against the magnetically-conductive belt are grounded through the magnetically-conductive belt;
• and
• a powder paint booth mounted along the portion and configured to apply powder paint ferromagnetic items that are grounded by and held by the magnetically-conductive belt as the magnetically-conductive belt travels along the portion of the path.

A method of painting, comprising:

• grounding a magnetically-conductive belt;
• sliding the magnetically-conductive belt along a magnet so that the magnetically-conductive belt has a magnetic force;
• attaching a ferromagnetic item to the magnetically-conductive belt using the magnetic force so that the ferromagnetic item slides along the magnet with the magnetically-conductive belt;
• and
• applying powder paint particles to the ferromagnetic item while it is attached to the magnetically-conductive belt.