wheel finish question

30blutudor

30blutudor

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Not to beat a dead horse, but how does powder coat compare to paint when you say drop a lug nug on your wheel. Like I did last night on my nice painted wheel. Yep theres a new chip.
 
Powder coat is much stronger. Mine survived dropping a lug wrench (but I am sure part of it was luck). Ask your powder coater is he has some samples you can try.

Charlie Stephens
 
Know too that not all powder coat operators work the same. Educate yourself. Recently I tried a different business other than my usual source. It was a vintage infant car seat. Mostly metal frame work. The owner quoted $45 for all the pieces. I then asked him if that price include the primer coat. His response: Oh you want primer too. OK that will be $65 plus tax. Although powder coating is a wonderful technique you gotta ask a lot of questions.
 
Tacoma Bob said:
Know too that not all powder coat operators work the same. Educate yourself. Recently I tried a different business other than my usual source. It was a vintage infant car seat. Mostly metal frame work. The owner quoted $45 for all the pieces. I then asked him if that price include the primer coat. His response: Oh you want primer too. OK that will be $65 plus tax. Although powder coating is a wonderful technique you gotta ask a lot of questions.
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I presented a do-it –yourself wheel straightening clinic this past year to our local club. The process I presented only used ½ of the allotted time so another member arranged for a powder coating specialist to use the balance of the clinic time. The presenter said, over the last couple years, a zinc chromate base coat for powder coating has been under development. This base coat acts much like a zinc chromate primer would in preventing rust from forming under typical paint. This zinc chromate product is now available but many powder coaters may not be offering it or aware of it. We have had a few people in our club powder coat their wheels with this process. It is to early to know if it is of value for the Model A wheels, but from the salt exposure tests conducted on the coating, it appears it may be. I agree with Tacoma Bob about knowing what you are asking for when powder coating.
Good day!
Dave in MN
 
I like powder coat, however, what I don't like is once it chips it likely will continue to chip and you can't just 'touch it up'. Especially true if moisture gets behind it.

Paint you can touch up, and is easily removed and resprayed if you absolutely have to.
 
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