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Originally Posted by Triple-H,Nov 26 2007, 03:00 PM
I have done lots of rims, for me I do not believe in the acid dip. In my mind the best stripping is done by bead blasting - think sand blasting but with plastic beads instead of sand, they are a bit softer and dig into the material less. In addition, I also have to point out, if the supplier is talented and has good equipment sand blasting is just fine. The person needs to have skill though because you are right, sand blasting done by some ham-fisted dolt will really tear into the surface. All of the wheels I have done have been sand blasted, but my guy is a real pro.
Original finish
Powder coated after 10-years of track use
The color is awesome, very complex
Yeah those look good, I love how much sparkle and metallic powder coat contains. Bead blasting does work good and sandblasting works fine on OEM wheels bu to me it sems like the finish on nicer wheels like Volks is a little tougher to get off then the OEM powder! And having a decent powder coater makes a HUGE difference!
Originally Posted by AP1_S2k,Nov 26 2007, 11:31 AM
its not possible to do hte whole thing, you can only powder coat metal!!!
Not true. There are methods to PC plastics now, and really almost anything. It is TRICKY as you can't use an oven since you could melt the plastic piece, but they use IR heat lamps to activate the powder.
There is still a LOT of technology left to develop in the world of Powdercoating.
Originally Posted by ruexp67,Nov 26 2007, 04:41 PM
Not true. There are methods to PC plastics now, and really almost anything. It is TRICKY as you can't use an oven since you could melt the plastic piece, but they use IR heat lamps to activate the powder.
There is still a LOT of technology left to develop in the world of Powdercoating.
Cool, I always thought you couldnt do plastic because the powder wont stick. They get powder to stick by grounding out the metal and posatively charging the powder so I dunno how they would do plastic but it would be really cool
They only use the static charge to get an even coat of the powder before they heat it up. Once heated, it flows together and creates the permanent bond.
I am not sure how they coat the plastic, but I do know you can get a static charge on plastic.
Originally Posted by ruexp67,Nov 26 2007, 07:10 PM
They only use the static charge to get an even coat of the powder before they heat it up. Once heated, it flows together and creates the permanent bond.
I am not sure how they coat the plastic, but I do know you can get a static charge on plastic.
Yeah thats what I was trying to say, and I agree, you def can not charge plastic hahaha
There are methods to PC plastics now, and really almost anything. It is TRICKY as you can't use an oven since you could melt the plastic piece, but they use IR heat lamps to activate the powder.
