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| 2-OH! |
 Dec 12 2003, 11:47 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 552 Joined: 17-October 03 From: Santa Clarita, Kalifornication Member No.: 1,253  |
As a relative newbie to this project, I need to understand the benefits of powder coating motor tin, cases, maifolds, struts, etc... versus just plain old, well applied, paint.
The cost is more but the finish doesn't seem to be that much better. Is the Powder Coating harder, more durable, stand up better under heat ...Where should the benefits be ????????? I had my intake pipes coated but the guy tells me not to get them above about 400 degress or it will flake off. 2-OH! |
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| r_towle |
Dec 14 2003, 10:16 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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OK,
Convince me... I am about to do all the tin on a VW bug. Just got the engine back and I will post another thread on it....lots of questions on this one... Anyways.... I would like to have the color exactly match the paint on the car... We will be re-painting the original 72 Orange color.... Can I get someone to powdercoat all the tin the EXACT color??? Or is there a compromise that I will have to live with here??? BTW. I have the spare oven and all in the barn, might get into it, but it look like alot of money to powdercoat suspension parts etc considering I will never see them... I would like to powdercoat the bottom of a 914... After Chris is done with it,,,,if powder coating is really more durable to road debris, rocks and sand etc... This is where I would see value...if its more durable, I would powdercoat the underside of a restored car.... Please convince me that its worth it..and how would you go about doing it...lets just figure its on its roof, bottom side up.....to big for my oven though, but certainly easy enough to paint.... Rich |
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2-OH! Powder Coating Dec 12 2003, 11:47 AM
Gint Under normal circumstances, powder coat is MUCH mo... Dec 12 2003, 11:50 AM Brad Roberts The factory did it this way.
You answered your ow... Dec 12 2003, 11:51 AM Jeff Bowlsby QUOTE
Brad Roberts Yes. That is why it comes off with relative ease. ... Dec 12 2003, 12:26 PM Gint I did the intake runners in clear. They turned ou... Dec 12 2003, 01:08 PM Jake Raby I have all my engines powdercoated.......(just the... Dec 12 2003, 03:14 PM r_towle I must say for those of us Cheap assholes here...
... Dec 12 2003, 10:39 PM Eddie Williams One reason whole cars are not powder coated is tha... Dec 12 2003, 10:54 PM ! Be advised there are two types of powder coating..... Dec 12 2003, 11:13 PM redshift It generally looks like pure orange peel to me... ... Dec 12 2003, 11:16 PM swood ... Dec 13 2003, 11:16 AM Slowpoke If your powder coating looks like crap. It's ... Dec 13 2003, 11:39 AM McMark Powder coating is a finish process. You do it onc... Dec 13 2003, 12:22 PM swood QUOTE
redshift Powder coating is a good idea for a structural par... Dec 13 2003, 01:41 PM Brad Roberts One of the cars on my website was completely assem... Dec 13 2003, 04:17 PM Gint I love powder coat. And it's really handy if ... Dec 13 2003, 04:20 PM Air_Cooled_Nut Go to the powder coating shop and look at their sa... Dec 14 2003, 12:07 PM
Gint You can mix different color powders just like you ... Dec 14 2003, 12:12 PM |
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