Powdercoating

[me3@neuralfibre.com]

I'm looking at getting a Kaymar spare wheel carrier I picked up powdercoated.

The crusier is white with an alloy bar, be wheel carrier black.

Has anyone powerdercoated anything white? Any tips?

My thought is it will match, but may mark badly compared to black.

Silver is the other option to match the bar / steps.

Black seems to be the dfault for everything - is it a tougher material?

Thanx
Paul

[Ruffy]

White is the hardest color to match and a slight variation will stand out like dogs balls...

[bogged]

cars with colourcoded everything riveted on look shit. need different colours to break them up.

[want33s]

Stark white powdercoat on my winch bar cost me $40.
Ask your powdercoater, most of them can custom mix colours to suit just about anything.
Jas.

[booflux]

cars with colourcoded everything riveted on look shit. need different colours to break them up.

Id argue against that, mine for example would look crap if it wasnt colourcoded. I believe you can get away with non colourcoded on some vehicles but definately not all.

[Charlie]

"Black seems to be the dfault for everything - is it a tougher material? "

Same material unless you doing silver, the problem with white is it shows if the paint is too thin or it can burn and look brown if you bake it too long, good old black always looks good even if you do a crappy job.
Podercoating a process not a type of paint, if you want tougher ask(and pay) for a tougher paint.

[YankeeDave]

we powder coat white most days at work

colour we use is Dulux New Bright white. (think jayco rear bumpers for a reference) or pearl white ( rear light bar on all kenworth trucks)

part must be very clean and any sharp edges on the part will actually show up really bad as the p/c is thinner there and shows up as a dark line

But easy to do.

personally i think all bar work should be black, but if you want to colour match go for it, personal preference.

[RUFF]

Stark white powdercoat on my winch bar cost me $40.
Ask your powdercoater, most of them can custom mix colours to suit just about anything.
Jas.

Unless powdercoating has come a long way in the past 10 years you can not custom Mix colours. I am a qualified powdercoater and have worked for 3 different powder coating companies over the years(last one 10 years ago) as a lead coater and have never heard of custom mixing colours. The closest we ever came was with candy colours as they are translucent and you can get different colours depending on the base colour. Powder coating is so called because its in powder form when applied. You cant mix a solid powder. It just comes out all speckled.

But maybe things have changed in the past 10 years?

[want33s]

Stark white powdercoat on my winch bar cost me $40.
Ask your powdercoater, most of them can custom mix colours to suit just about anything.
Jas.

Unless powdercoating has come a long way in the past 10 years you can not custom Mix colours. I am a qualified powdercoater and have worked for 3 different powder coating companies over the years(last one 10 years ago) as a lead coater and have never heard of custom mixing colours. The closest we ever came was with candy colours as they are translucent and you can get different colours depending on the base colour. Powder coating is so called because its in powder form when applied. You cant mix a solid powder. It just comes out all speckled.

But maybe things have changed in the past 10 years?

Things must have changed quite a bit. Thats progress for you!!!

I was offered a choice of standard or custom mixed colours. Customs cost more of course.

[YankeeDave]

They can't mix it now, they just make a new colour to suit, or find a rare one that's already been made. Heaps of colours out there.

Ruff is right you can't mix powders, just comes up speckled, hence why the booth has to be fully cleaned between colour changes.

[KYSI]

Stark white powdercoat on my winch bar cost me $40.
Ask your powdercoater, most of them can custom mix colours to suit just about anything.
Jas.

Unless powdercoating has come a long way in the past 10 years you can not custom Mix colours. I am a qualified powdercoater and have worked for 3 different powder coating companies over the years(last one 10 years ago) as a lead coater and have never heard of custom mixing colours. The closest we ever came was with candy colours as they are translucent and you can get different colours depending on the base colour. Powder coating is so called because its in powder form when applied. You cant mix a solid powder. It just comes out all speckled.

But maybe things have changed in the past 10 years?

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i was powder coating for 2 years, and tried mixing powders for a mates job, black and orange, came out pretty cool looking, but as you said it is just speckled.

[80's_delirious]

cars with colourcoded everything riveted on look shit. need different colours to break them up.

use different coloured rivets

[SIM79]

Is powder coating sliders a bad idea?