Painting / Powder Coating Wheels Advice

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:00 pm

Bob (Boxadog) is famous for the the splinters which are lodged in his *rse from sitting on the fence.

Seriously though, he knows his stuff.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:13 pm

I might get the VFR wheels powder coated cos it's only a Honda - but the Boxercup? They would get done properly

McBoxer · Post by **McBoxer** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:32 pm

Looks like I need to investigate two pack then (whilst desperately trying not to crack a rubbish and probably inappropriate Tupak Shakur joke).

Boxadog 2000 · Post by **Boxadog 2000** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:13 pm

Boxadog 2000 wrote:Powder coating is good for commercial duplications
End off
A cheap usage for industrial / automotive applications anybody who wants to disagree can fcuk off and look at the history

If you want a long term fish two pack is without the a doubt the best

Sorry to offend Red wine as usual

Motocod · Post by **Motocod** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:53 pm

Boxadog 2000 wrote:
Boxadog 2000 wrote:Powder coating is good for commercial duplications
End off
A cheap usage for industrial / automotive applications anybody who wants to disagree can fcuk off and look at the history

If you want a long term fish two pack is without the a doubt the best
Sorry to offend Red wine as usual

Haha, brilliant!!

I sort of agree, but equally I've had wheels done by powder coating and they looked really good. For sure the two-pack route gives a wider range of colours/finishes, but it's more expensive, and (in my opinion) not as durable.

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:55 pm

From my experience, powder coating or K2 is not wifey proof on our 4 wheel vehicles

K 2 gives you more choice in colours and top coat finishes ie satin, matt or gloss. No finish is chip proof. I would say pc is more durable and less expensive. A high class paint system and finish will be more labour intensive. It`s a personal thing.

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 10:07 pm

dave the german wrote:you can get the paint fro RS Motorcycle paint - very helpful chaps

Agreed Dave but Express paints are less expensive and seem to offer larger size aerosols. Both good suppliers but for me Express Paints edge it. A 400ml aerosol goes nowhere, actually that is not strictly true as there is a nice bmw engine silver hue to an area of my garage floor and the lawn mower has a ghosting of it too!

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:51 pm

Chris, that's useful to know. Being a Yorkshireman, have you not tried scraping it off and putting it in the liquidiser?

dysondiver · Post by **dysondiver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:08 pm

i powder coated the rims on my last ducati , they looked great , and stayed that way for many thousands of miles , and yes it was a heavy finish , but it was very easy to wipe clean.