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sexysilverado45
10-15-2010, 11:47 PM
i was wondering if anyone on here has any experience powdercoating(aluminium,steel,ect). basically from my research it says there is alot of prep that has to go into doing this(solvents,primers?). but iv also read were it just needs to be stripped and then coated.

basically if you could explain the process of how you do it and how well it has held up that would be great.
tri5ron
10-16-2010, 12:20 AM
Pappy does alot of PC-ing, for many of the members here.
Everyone has been very happy with his work.
PM him, and send your stuff to him.
sexysilverado45
10-16-2010, 01:30 AM
O I was planning on doing it my self I have the gun and everything to do it just need the procedures
born2ride14
10-16-2010, 05:43 AM
All you need is a clean bare metal surface then coat it and throw it in the oven
KXRida
10-16-2010, 06:23 AM
I did the side covers on my kxf and my yzf...

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/Rmrider125/kxf7.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/Rmrider125/kxf6.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/Rmrider125/028.jpg

The yzf was after 2 seasons of riding
sexysilverado45
10-16-2010, 11:02 AM
Kxrida what prep work did you do. Did you do any aluminium
KXRida
10-16-2010, 12:23 PM
I took to covers off and wired wheels them then progressed with stages of light sanding until everything was smooth. The side covers I put in the over for a while to bake out the oil out of the metal. After that everything was sprayed down with brake cleaner. I wouldn't advise doing this in your daily over fyi. I have some junk oven in the garage just for pcing.
SpasticR450
10-16-2010, 01:42 PM
I love YZ engines with the blue.
TNT
10-16-2010, 03:44 PM
I just put some tech structural design info in the can-am section you may want to read first.....give you some things to consider. Thread is called "DS450 frame PC".
MX300ex
10-16-2010, 07:02 PM
heres the proper way to do it.

sandplast. use hi temp tape on all surfaces you dont want coated. then spray part. go over with flash light making sure you didnt miss anything or didnt coat thich enough. then bake around 400 (pappy maybe you can reinforce that number) then let bake from 15 to 20 mins depending on what your using.

after time is up ive found best thing to do is turn over off crack door and let cool so nothing in air gets on the part
One_Bad_400
10-16-2010, 10:06 PM
i've got a home PC rig.


Sandblast
coat
bake
done

i put hardly no prep work into my stuff and it always turned out nice and holds up strong.