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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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Ok so I got tired of polishing chrome and thought I would powder coat my luggage rack black and see how I liked it. If it looked good maybe do some more powder coating and less polishing. So I get the rack back from the powder coater today. As I walk into the garage with the luggage rack I drop it on the concrete floor and of course scuff it all up. So now instead of a shiney chrome luggage rack I have a scuffed up black luggage rack. Moral of the story shine your chrome with joy in your heart.
 
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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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Bummer. Can they touch up the powder coat for ya?
 
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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:43 PM
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Oh $hit! Yea...good question...can they do a touch up?

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Old May 7, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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I thought powder coat was supposed to be tougher than that.
 
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I thought powder coat was supposed to be tougher than that.
i'm going to use bedliner spray just for that reason... low maintenance black coming right up!!
 
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Old May 7, 2009 | 01:42 AM
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As I walk into the garage with the luggage rack I drop it on the concrete floor and of course scuff it all up.
That sucks! So how did it look before you dropped it?

I'd love to have a 2nd bike I can black out like that. I had a Roadliner Midnight that was pretty much blacked out all over. Looked really sharp, though I do have to admit that I like my chrome just as much.
 
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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:44 AM
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I'll find out today if they can touch it up or not. But I'm pretty sure by the process they have to do the whole thing. It looked great when I picked it up at the shop, and actually it looks good on the bike it just has these scuffs on it. As for the toughness I think it did pretty good cause it bounced around like a super ball and the scuffs are not very bad, but one went all the way to the shiny metal on the corner they're just not very big.
 
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Bummer! I think all of us have done something similar one time or another.
 
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So .... if it scratches that easily, then won't it scratch when putting the luggage on and off ?? That's what I would be wondering anyway.
 
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OUCH!
I hope they can touch up...sorry to hear that
 
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