Powdercoating questions

[byrd]

I have quite a bit of polished aluminum to go onto the sb 350 that is currently being built for project Frank and I wanted to know if it is even possible or even a good idea to have those polished parts powerdcoated clear to keep from having to polish them time and time again. TIA for the help...Randy

[wibilly]

good ? way more fun driving them than polishing them

[nandress]

It is possible, and if done well can look pretty good. Three pretty big drawbacks:

1) Powder coating has a thickness and if your parts fit together tightly before, they won't go together after baking. Usually, a little strategic filing can fix it, but you may not want to have to do that.

2) The clear shows everything underneath... Fingerprints, dust, scratches, etc.

3) If the powder job is messed up, it's not like an opaque color where the part can be blasted clean and redone. The polishing will have to be redone as well.

Myself, I am not real fond of it, mainly for reason 2! I don't know if anyone else has an opinion, but at least on the initial info I have heard, a product like Zoopseal is a better way to go for polished Al.

[abadsvt]

Some good points Nandress!