I had my frame powder coaated. They had it baked first, blasted and them coated. Unfortunately the auto body shop got overspray in it and now it's dull looking. I had wrapped the plastic wrap stuff you use to hold pallets full of stuff together and pulled back areas for body mounting. I like the results generally.
mike fry texas --- Bob Haggard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The company I use for powder coating insists that > they sand blast the metal before coating it for the > same reason, adhesion. I hope they coated it > promptly to prevent rust as you stated. > Bob Haggard > > > > From: Trooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > Also, even though POR-15 stands for "paint over > rust" it has excellent > > adhesion to freshly sandblasted metal. The > blasting gives the metal a micro > > rough finish that produces great "tooth" for > adhesion. POR-15 also has the > > rust inhibitors not found in powdercoat if unseen > rust is incidentally > > painted over. > > > > Now with all this said, my last comment is: These > frames have endured 30 > > plus years unpainted. During this time a large > number of these years were > > spent on harsh road conditions. They were rarely > pampered the way we pamper > > them today. So my guess would be that any good > prep (and I stress good prep) > > and overcoat, be it paint or POR or powder, should > last a long long time. > > > > Good luck, > > Trooper > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ryan Langstraat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:30 PM > > Subject: Re: POR-15 vs powdercoating was Re: > [Chevelle-list] Motor Mounts > > > > > > I have to be honest, I dont know if they can get > the inside of the frame or > > not. I know when I was looking into getting it > painted that they said they > > would "dip" the frame in chemicals and then use a > spray gun on a hose that > > sprayed at 90 degrees from itself. As far as > powder coating the inside, I > > honestly don't know. > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/
