Ok, here goes. I am looking for a powder coating shop in my local area and i was wondering about a few things i was hoping you guys and girls could answer for me before i go making an a$$ outta myself at the P/C place asking stupid(unresearched) questions.

1. Is P/C generally heat resistant?

2. Is P/C generally very expensive?

3. Is P/C usually pretty durable?

4. Would P/C look good on certain items on our cars? i.e. Strut tower bars, headers, brake calipers, things like that.

 

1.Yes powder coating is great with heat thats how the color's stick u have to spray it down and bake it i think its 450°F or 350°F, I dont remember we bake them in a grill

2.No as long as u are getting plan color its cheap also depending what shop you go to.

3.Yes its durable but also know anything can be messed up,i know a guy i put tires on for at the shop had he's rim's P/C and my bar slipped a crossed the top and ZERO mark's !

4. Yes it s good for about anything metal now with brake calipers u will have to take everything off that is rubber kinda of a pain you can get the same look with paint but P/C is always good .Hope that helps

5.You could always buy the static gun and powder and do it your self and bake it in a grill like we do. i just buy the power and i have my freind take care of the rest

 

where do you get the powder?

and where do you get specific directions for baking off the powder container? because i have a grill and i could <u>probably</u> get a static gun.

BTW thanx for the info

 

http://tinyurl.com/6yw2y

Thats one , lol and you could always use google thats what its there for :?
http://www.finishing.com/Library/pennisi/powder.html also here

http://www.diynet.com/diy/ab_auto_restorat...2878109,00.html

hope that helps

EDIT by mod - with big urls, try www.tinyurl.com. keeps horizontal scrolling down.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hyundaicraz)</div><div class='quotemain'>Thats one , lol and you could always use google thats what its there for :?</div>

oh yeah, my bad

 

Ive been checking out this site.... $75 for 10lbs of almost any standard color... Not bad smile.gif

Oh, they sell guns, lamps, high heat coatings too smile.gif

http://www.caswellplating.com/powder/

 

hellz yeah, im definantly getting into this now DIY powder coating can't beat that with paint.

 

This is interesting, I wouldn'y mind seeing how this all turns out. Keep us posted blu.

 

If you have a custom air intake, you could get that powder coated too.

 

yah, keep us posted on what you do, once I get my turbo stuff setup I want to get my charge pipe and intake pc'd blue. laugh.gif