Powder coating alloy wheels (pt. 2)

Tom Nas tnas at euronet.nl
Thu May 16 08:48:06 EDT 2002


At 16:52 15-5-02 -0500, Livolsi, Stephane wrote:
>This question is out of my own ignorance, not criticism, ok?
>
>Why powder coat if you are going to cover it up with paint?  I thought that
>powdercoating was the beat all, end all of durable painted finishes.

The powder coating turned out a little rough due to the amount of
oxidization on these wheels, got them out of a scrapyard. Anyway, I wanted
them painted in Zermatt to match the centre caps (powder coating was done
in plain silver) so I took the opportunity to redo the rough bits.

Regards, Tom




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