Simon_CSK Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I have my galvanized chassis for my Disco on the driveway and am starting to put it back together. I was going to get the radius arms and other bits powder coated but a trusted friend said that on old metal it would peel off. It would certainly speed things up but was wondering of others experiences of powder coating old components . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydiesel Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I had some shot blasted and powder coated many years ago and they seemed to last pretty well. Until the undersides got scratched then it came off quite quickly. I also had a pair electroplated silver at about the same time these are still nearly all silver. I'd be tempted to have them blasted then galvanized, they'd match the chassis then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_CSK Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 I really want them black and not silver. I am tempted just to paint them. I know they will get scratched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoltan Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Once corrosion gets in under powder it is an unseen problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 In my experience you would be better stripping to bare metal, etch prime and 2k Hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vedrover Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 fs for painting chasis parts and all that's close to ground i made it lake that: asid primer layer. anti-corrosion primer acrylic primer finishin layer that's the best combination i've reached to resist all that salt and chemicals that are on road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_CSK Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Overnight I swithered back to Powder coating and now I think that paint is possibly the way forward. Particularly after Zoltans wise words. Vedrover agree in part with what you are saying but the parts for painting are really only to make it look good as I build the chassis back up radius arms tank straps and axles all perform adequately while covered in surface rust.Besides we do not get the same extremes as you get in Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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