Powder coating wheels, Can they mask clean lines? Options

[Socalandy]

Well I spent several hours polishing two of the four wheels and they will need upkeep to stay Purdy. I want to know if powdercoating can be masked to reveal nice clean lines so I can have the stock black areas done. Something more durable than paint is what Im looking for so when I polish them It wont mess up the black areas.

Anyone??

[number6]

Andy, I'm no powdercoating expert, so all I can tell you is based on my experience w/ a set of 16x7 Fuchs I had done last year. The shop I used was definitely competent, as they did the the U.S.A.'s last Olympic team's bikes. Even so, there was plenty of bleed through the masking. I can't say whether this was a result of poor prep...or whether it's the nature of powdercoating.

From any normal distance, the wheels looked great. But upon closer inspection, the lines were messy by my standard; I suspect you're equally picky, given your NOS goodies stash. All that said, I was still happy with the results, especially from an upkeep standpoint; I highly recommend coating the back side for easy cleaning (I wouldn't think there would be debris chipping issues...though I couldn't say for certain since the wheels got sold with my yellow car). Oh, and "value" can't be beat - I paid $500 for the job, including lip polishing + center caps + lug nuts.

You be the judge. 2 hi-res photos can be seen here:

http://marketquery.com/fuchspowdercoat/

I left the files intentionally huge so you can really zoom in and see the detail.

Cheers,
-duc