Re: [T3] Lets talk about Powdercoating

["Dave Campen" <dave@campen.eurobell.co.uk>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I had a set of wheels stove-enamelled, which probably should be even tougher
than p-coating. Unfortunately I didn't keep the car long enough to test the
durability.

One point with p-coating, though, is its chemical resistance. I had my bike
frame and swing-arm p-coated, which looks great except for the one place I
dripped some carb-cleaner, leaving a nasty mark in the paint. The mark has
mostly polished out, but just be warned that solvents will attack the
plastic finish.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Lets talk about Powdercoating


> On 20 Jan 2002, at 11:15, JGGullion@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Has anyone ever had their wheels powdercoated?  The spare in my type 3
was
> > missing but I managed to find a nice type3 wheel with a bad case of
paint
> > flake...looks as though someone spray painted it several times.  I want
to have
> > it stripped and powdercoated black.  I found a place in Dallas, Tx that
can do
> > it but are there any suggestions before I get it done.????  Powder coat
entire
> > wheel or just the front side or????
>
> Powder coating requires that the finish be baked after coating, so the
tire has
> to be removed to do this. In this case, I'd say that the only reasonable
thing
> to do is to paint the whole wheel.
>
> There are other good paint systems that work well on wheels, too.
> Powdercoating is not the only good choice.
>
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> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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