Thread: Powder coating vs paint??????

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Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Don,

If you send me your frame I will get it painted for you, It will be flat and shinny

I wish you weren't on the other side of the world from us! We talked it over today, and it looks like we are going to spray it, and do it ourselves because I'm sure a body shop wouldn't understand that a frame has to look like a finished car body. We would spend more time getting into the nooks and crannies whereas they probably wouldn't.

Now the question is, do we do it in single stage or base coat clear coat? Is one tougher than the other? We figure we can really pack the clear on and then buff it out, or have it buffed out. I know a girl who worked at the body shop with me, and she saved many a paint job that had dirt and stuff in it. I could get her to do her magic on it when we are done.

BTW, we got a little more done today. Dan worked on getting the radiator and grille shell mounted and then we did the same to the headlights. Things are just temporarily mounted, but at least we can now use bolts instead of clamps and vice grips. We are going to try to keep wiping out one little project every day or so to get this thing finally done.

Here are some pictures of where we ended up tonight. Second picture is blurry, too much caffine.


Don

Don-I'm sure you are making the right decision for your selfs. But I have to tell you, if you get the right powder coater you would never go threw the trouble of spaying these things. One of the beautiful things about powder coating is it gets full coverage, because of the electrical charge put into the frame. Just my 2 cents.
Ken

I just mentioned to Dan what you said about having yours coated then sanding and spraying it. He said he has heard of that, and wondered how it worked. The nice thing is that it gets into all those little spots where paint might not reach.

So what is the procedure? You sand it with what grit and how extensively? Is it just a good scuffing, or more than that? What do you spray first, some primer or just the topcoat?

It sounds interesting. Our problem here in Ft Myers is that we have one powder coater to pick from.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I just mentioned to Dan what you said about having yours coated then sanding and spraying it. He said he has heard of that, and wondered how it worked. The nice thing is that it gets into all those little spots where paint might not reach.

So what is the procedure? You sand it with what grit and how extensively? Is it just a good scuffing, or more than that? What do you spray first, some primer or just the topcoat?

It sounds interesting. Our problem here in Ft Myers is that we have one powder coater to pick from.

Don

Too bad it would be too expensive to make 2 trips to the Great Northeast - did you look at the link to my local guy? Great work

Originally Posted by IC2

Too bad it would be too expensive to make 2 trips to the Great Northeast - did you look at the link to my local guy? Great work

I did look at it, you are right, really top notch work. Some parts of the country have lots of places like your guy and others are like Ft Myers.........


flh4speed. I'm not sure how many tubes are in it, Dan ordered it. It came from PRC and this is the fourth radiator we have ordered from them so far. I met them at Daytona a couple years ago and was VERY impressed. Nice people and their welding looks like a robot did it. The one in my T is so efficient that I can't get it over 150 going down the road. Just yesterday I took it for a little drive to the store and even sitting in traffic the fan didn't need to come on. I would recommend them to anyone. Here is their link:

http://www.prchotrod.com/products/custom_radiators

Here is a picture of the one in my T.

Don