the saint

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guys i want to have certain parts like the header tank,swirl pot ect to be either painted or powder coated in black but as i plan to run this car as a track car more so than a road car will it take the heat without fucking up????

same goes for a S/S heat sheild.

rsnissan

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It will be fine mate, its down correct prep of the surfaces though

tabetha

Powder will stay solid until around 140C, it is baked on at 183C for 11 minutes normally.
Above 140 it will start to go soft, prep will not make ANY difference to powder sticking, just tac rag it first though the coaters should do this anyway when jigging.
tabetha

the saint

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Cheers for the info

rsnissan

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Prep will make a difference according to the site below;

http://www.finishing.com/Library/pennisi/powder.html

As mentioned though the powder coaters did this for me when I did mine

Moonstone Mart

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When i had all my alloy tanks coated black the coated blasted the surface first with a fine dust to make a good 'key' on the alloy.

I was also told by the owner that they 'bake' the parts at 400c and leave to cool overnight.


mart

tabetha

The heat varies according to amongst other things the material, I only did powder coating for three years, mainly aluminum window frames, but a lot of car bikes parts too, and MULTI COLOURED, which is an amazing amount of work, we could colour change for batches in 25minutes!!
tabetha