Powder Coating Question
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Powder Coating Question
Hello all,
I've purchased a new tank and tins for my ride and want to powder coat them instead of a paint job. I am really liking this copper vein coating: http://www.ohiocustomcoatings.com/se...NY-VEIN/Detail
Has anyone had any luck or bad experiences with powder coating? Any advice would be great.
Thanks,
Bill
I've purchased a new tank and tins for my ride and want to powder coat them instead of a paint job. I am really liking this copper vein coating: http://www.ohiocustomcoatings.com/se...NY-VEIN/Detail
Has anyone had any luck or bad experiences with powder coating? Any advice would be great.
Thanks,
Bill
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that copper vein is no harder to powder coat than a solid color. my advice? hire a professional to do the work. what most people overlook with powder coating is the pre treatment that is required before applying the powder. For steel, an iron phosphate cleaner is supposed to be used. I have done quite a bit of powder coating of my own stuff and never used the pre cleaners. products come out pretty good anyways.
a bigger problem is in the blasting and prep. if you sandblast using a silica sand you MUST pre bake the part before applying the powder coat. Then apply the powder and rebake. Sands will leave a fine residue on the metal....this residue will "jump" off of the metal once it is heated. This can cause problems in the powder coat finish. Baking before applying the powder allows the sand to "jump" off the metal as a secondary prep process. The professional powder coaters often use a nickel-sand blasting agent. The nickel is pretreated to thousands of degrees so there will be no "jumping" off the metal during the baking process.
Powder coating is much easier to do than painting......in my opinion. If you have a good oven and prep right, you should be good to go. If you choose to take this on please post pics. Good luck.
a bigger problem is in the blasting and prep. if you sandblast using a silica sand you MUST pre bake the part before applying the powder coat. Then apply the powder and rebake. Sands will leave a fine residue on the metal....this residue will "jump" off of the metal once it is heated. This can cause problems in the powder coat finish. Baking before applying the powder allows the sand to "jump" off the metal as a secondary prep process. The professional powder coaters often use a nickel-sand blasting agent. The nickel is pretreated to thousands of degrees so there will be no "jumping" off the metal during the baking process.
Powder coating is much easier to do than painting......in my opinion. If you have a good oven and prep right, you should be good to go. If you choose to take this on please post pics. Good luck.
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Thanks for all the great info, and the great avatar, grin.
I'll call a couple local powder coating shops and see if they'll let me supply my own powder. I'm thinking the copper vein should look sharp. I also picked up a dark tan leather seat from Larosa; should go well together.
Once it's all done I throw up the pics.
Thanks again,
Bill
I'll call a couple local powder coating shops and see if they'll let me supply my own powder. I'm thinking the copper vein should look sharp. I also picked up a dark tan leather seat from Larosa; should go well together.
Once it's all done I throw up the pics.
Thanks again,
Bill
that copper vein is no harder to powder coat than a solid color. my advice? hire a professional to do the work. what most people overlook with powder coating is the pre treatment that is required before applying the powder. For steel, an iron phosphate cleaner is supposed to be used. I have done quite a bit of powder coating of my own stuff and never used the pre cleaners. products come out pretty good anyways.
a bigger problem is in the blasting and prep. if you sandblast using a silica sand you MUST pre bake the part before applying the powder coat. Then apply the powder and rebake. Sands will leave a fine residue on the metal....this residue will "jump" off of the metal once it is heated. This can cause problems in the powder coat finish. Baking before applying the powder allows the sand to "jump" off the metal as a secondary prep process. The professional powder coaters often use a nickel-sand blasting agent. The nickel is pretreated to thousands of degrees so there will be no "jumping" off the metal during the baking process.
Powder coating is much easier to do than painting......in my opinion. If you have a good oven and prep right, you should be good to go. If you choose to take this on please post pics. Good luck.
a bigger problem is in the blasting and prep. if you sandblast using a silica sand you MUST pre bake the part before applying the powder coat. Then apply the powder and rebake. Sands will leave a fine residue on the metal....this residue will "jump" off of the metal once it is heated. This can cause problems in the powder coat finish. Baking before applying the powder allows the sand to "jump" off the metal as a secondary prep process. The professional powder coaters often use a nickel-sand blasting agent. The nickel is pretreated to thousands of degrees so there will be no "jumping" off the metal during the baking process.
Powder coating is much easier to do than painting......in my opinion. If you have a good oven and prep right, you should be good to go. If you choose to take this on please post pics. Good luck.
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