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Painting Coil Springs
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:44 am
by Jeeps
Just wondering what kind of paint should be used when painting coil springs so the flex won't flake or crack it once dried. Just plain black is all i want to paint them.
Cheers
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:43 am
by mickyd555
i would look at powdercoating, it would cost bugger all and is heaps harder than paint
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:59 am
by RUFF
Just paint them the paint wont flake off. Any paint will be fine.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:18 am
by dumbdunce
RUFF wrote:Just paint them the paint wont flake off. Any paint will be fine.
exactly. rattlecans are perfect but you waste a lot.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:17 pm
by kc_ksom
What about an idea I thought of a little while back.
Go to an electrical wholesale place ( Tandy - Dicksmiths - etc) and get some heat shrink big enough to fit over the spring, Its plastic, comes in heaps of colours, you should be able to slide it over your coils and shrink it on..
I have never tryed it, but will have a go one day.
Casey
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:28 pm
by A1
As stated above just paint em with a spray can ...............
You could also pm ferog off the board she owns a 80'series cruiser and she fitted some lifted coils and painted em bright PINK ...........and she also has a few other pink bits ................
on HER 80 that is
Dan
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:06 pm
by Bartso
A1MAV wrote:As stated above just paint em with a spray can ...............
You could also pm ferog off the board she owns a 80'series cruiser and she fitted some lifted coils and painted em bright PINK ...........and she also has a few other pink bits ................
on HER 80 that is
Dan
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 2:00 pm
by chook05
mickyd555 wrote:i would look at powdercoating, it would cost bugger all and is heaps harder than paint
Powder would be to hard and would crack and flake off. Try a spray can just dont put on to thick if it dont last you have only wasted a few bucks
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:29 pm
by RUFF
chook05 wrote:mickyd555 wrote:i would look at powdercoating, it would cost bugger all and is heaps harder than paint
Powder would be to hard and would crack and flake off. Try a spray can just dont put on to thick if it dont last you have only wasted a few bucks
I used to work as a gun operator in a Powder Coating company. Have done hundreds of sets of coils and have never had a come back. The Surface of a coil spring wouldnt change much if any durring compression or extension so it shouldnt effect paint.
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 5:46 pm
by mickyd555
RUFF wrote:chook05 wrote:mickyd555 wrote:i would look at powdercoating, it would cost bugger all and is heaps harder than paint
Powder would be to hard and would crack and flake off. Try a spray can just dont put on to thick if it dont last you have only wasted a few bucks
I used to work as a gun operator in a Powder Coating company. Have done hundreds of sets of coils and have never had a come back. The Surface of a coil spring wouldnt change much if any durring compression or extension so it shouldnt effect paint.
i sort of assumed that coils were probably powdercoated from the factory. if i was ever to paint mine powdercoating would be my option, and i have been quoted $15 a kilo for powdercoating a fence, id assume the same price for coils
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:02 pm
by Bingham
scott and ensoll kunda park painted mine and some mates anny colour including sandblasting for $15 each........
you cant complain about that......
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:54 pm
by guzzla
Its all in the preperation. the boring but most important part if you want it to stay stuck. get rid of all traces of dirt and sand back till no shiny surface is visable. you could even consider using that additive thats applied b4 painting glass if your paranoid (i forget what its called).
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:09 pm
by high n mighty
Penetrene
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:16 pm
by Micka
I think you will find that most, if not all, coils are powdercoated from the factory.
Micka
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 11:10 pm
by Jeeps
Thanks for the replies guys. As it turns out, the secondhand OME coils i have (only 500klm on them
) are already black and all Old Man Emu coils are powdercoated. Thanks again
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:27 pm
by guzzla
thanks HIGH AND MIGHTY..... penetrene it is, excellent stuff.