Powdercoating Wheel Question?
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dude...SICK!!! ill get some pics up from saturday soon, but itll be a week or so before the video is up, i gotta make it look good, and just as a teaser we had a tug-of-war out on the flats!!!
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Originally Posted by bla1879
dude...SICK!!! ill get some pics up from saturday soon, but itll be a week or so before the video is up, i gotta make it look good, and just as a teaser we had a tug-of-war out on the flats!!!
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH FUN!!!!
cant wait to see it!!
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Those rims look freakin' awesome!!! I had a friend powdercoat my Hummer H1 steel rims in silver. Painting doesn't compare to powdercoating for looks and durability. One safety question, though, are those cast aluminum rims on your truck that you had done??? There is some debate and reports of wheel failure due to the heat curing process for the powdercoat. Apparently, it weakens the aluminum metal structure if cured at regular 400-degrees. Did your guy tell you about this, or take steps to cure at lower temps? I'll try to find a link to the topic from another site, JSM84
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Originally Posted by justshootme84
Those rims look freakin' awesome!!! I had a friend powdercoat my Hummer H1 steel rims in silver. Painting doesn't compare to powdercoating for looks and durability. One safety question, though, are those cast aluminum rims on your truck that you had done??? There is some debate and reports of wheel failure due to the heat curing process for the powdercoat. Apparently, it weakens the aluminum metal structure if cured at regular 400-degrees. Did your guy tell you about this, or take steps to cure at lower temps? I'll try to find a link to the topic from another site, JSM84
i hadnt heard that - but a buddy of mine had his aluminum wheels powdercoated and never had any issues...but - honestly - im not sure what they did - i didnt think to ask - and they didnt say.
hope theyre cool...
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Here's the link to some tech on powdercoating, along with discussion about curing temps and aluminum materials:
http://my*****ccpc.com/~davewrit/Powder.html
One of my wheeling buds brought this to my attention awhile back, and has a few pics of coated wheels breaknig apart. JSM84
(my dot execpc is being blanked out for some reason, it's a really good article)
http://my*****ccpc.com/~davewrit/Powder.html
One of my wheeling buds brought this to my attention awhile back, and has a few pics of coated wheels breaknig apart. JSM84
(my dot execpc is being blanked out for some reason, it's a really good article)
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