Thread: Prepping bare chassis with surface rust

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If you are going to powder coat the frame, don't worry about a little surface rust as whoever does the job will have to media blast prior to application. I had done mine in Centari before I decided on PC and they did a full clean off of that paint plus the etch primer. This is the result of the powder coating - I did a full chassis build up first though and only had one 'gotcha' when I decided to add a driveshaft loop - but bolted it's cross member in place (after I had it coated) with Gr8 bolts instead of welding. Now, if you decide on paint instead.......