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

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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