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while powder seems magical, you will need to exercise caution when servicing the wheel. powder is pretty tough but not that tough so when a booboo happens not so easy to repair. i hated the cast on my wheels so i media blasted them smooth and used wheel paint. if a booboo happens, a little wet feather sand and spritz, back to action. with powder, it is a strip of parts and bake.
with wheels, when you have to do a re bake, the surface MUST be pristine because if not, when the powder flows out and cools, anything left behind is now part of the finish, good?bad, up in the air.
powders are also a bear to remove.
My OEM wheels already have powder coating on the wheels. How is this any different?
My son has had several sets of wheels and parts Powder Coated. The shop he we use understand the importance of masking off critical areas, but we still go over it each time.
Also it's important on real spoked rims to TRUE them first, afterwards is too late.
more power to ya mongo
read what i said! powder is not a silver bullet. is it better than paint, well, yep and no.
both finishes have certain maintenance requirements. i do powder coat all the time but paint has many +'s that powder does not have. #1 it is easier to apply and repair.
in this case, a whole lot easier than polishing, BUT, easier to polish out a booboo than tear the guitar down to repair powder, same as a motorcycle.
They look good to me. These were done 7 or 8 years ago to match the tins on my Heritage and then to the paint shop to match the pin striping on my tins. They still look as new today.
Last edited by BisbeeDyna; Oct 18, 2025 at 05:33 PM.
They look good to me. These were done 7 or 8 years ago to match the tins on my Heritage the to the paint shop to match the pin striping on my tins. They still look as new today.
Yes they do look good. What do you clean them with?
soap and water?
