ok Oldsalt
understand, when your talking powder, I know it very well. I have to say, you really should stop spreading mis-information. If you dont know something, just dont post up, easy stuff.
Not at all trying to be a butt....just trying to correct some bad information.
First off, there are a bazillion colors, shades, candies, flakes, hybrids, polyesters, tribo happy etc etc etc etc in powder, please do yourself a favor and visit some powder supplier websites and browse around. just one to gawk at
Prismatic Powders then tell me the powder industry is limited in colors.
the aluminum wheel plating adhesion is another wives tale, weird story, funny stuff indeed blah blah blah.....you have already proved you know nothing about powder and its properties, so what is it you think thats in powder to stop from being stripped off and plated, pixie dust?
If a guy goofs on powder, strip it, or just wet sand it smooth and do it again, easy as pie.
complicated structures and hard to clean places also affect paint guys.
Fact is, powder is no more expensive than paint and is far more durable than paint....
yaaaaawn,
Oldsalt, I am def. not a newcomer to the scene, I am just not into the radiator repair hot tanks, I do Powder coating for a living, I am 50 years old and have a few years under my belt at it. Its an art form and a science to me, really bothers me when people spout out mis-information about something they clearly know not about.
If you want to question my experience level with powder, have a visit to my web as well, might answer some questions for you. by reading your responses, I'd guess might not.
Tx Powder Coating
Merry Christmas and hope you dont get to butt hurt, you cant be right all the time, and I still think your my hero
1. Yes it can be a bummer to have 'good adhesion over time'. If, for instance, an aluminum wheel is ever powder coated it can never be plated even if the coating is 'removed'. The plate shops will not pouch it. Remember Imron paint? Same story about it being a bear to sand or remove. They don't use that stuff much anymore.
2. There are PLENTY of reasons NOT to powdercoat. Low color selection. Can't coat over body filer or anything else. Can't paint plastic. As above, if a guy goofs it is a HELL of a lot more trouble to redo. Difficult or usually impossible to repair damage. Complicated structures with cavities that can't be cleaned can cause big problems. Vents must sometimes be drilled. Sandblasting before coating is commonly necessary and that is a substantial cost adder. Masking off areas on a part when full coverage is not desired is a bitch. Shipping the parts and getting them back can be a major hassle if no powder coater is nearby [not to mention the shipping and packaging]. Etc. & etc..
3. Seems that you are a newcomer to the "parts stripping" scene if you don't know what a 'hot tank' is. Let me assure you they do not use temperatures approaching the 375 that you mention.