Paint or Powder coat

[clodman]

What do most of you guys do? Do many of you powder coat it, or paint it?

[fuzzhead]

if you mean a tuber. well some people go with powdercoat. but i dont believe in doing that. if it scratches or chips your screwed. if you paint it and use many coats of clear coat it will take a lot of abuse. and even if your clear isnt that thick its easy to touch-up

[clodman]

Ya, i see were your coming from. But even if it is powder coated cant you still touch it up, with like a paint pen or something.

[ILoveRCRockCrawlin]

If it chips it looks used. Which looks good for crawlers.

[bigred]

I voted for paint,i've always used it,like others have said its easy to repair.

[JasonInAugusta]

Ya, i see were your coming from. But even if it is powder coated cant you still touch it up, with like a paint pen or something.


Might as well just paint it then. ;-)

[clodman]

Ya i see were you are all coming from....i was just wondering, i had to do some minor changes to my tuber so i had to sand it down, and i know a friend that powder coats. Looks like ill paint it then. Thanks for all the input!

[Frakk]

there is really no point powdercoating it. it is a whole new procedure and not everyone have the equipment to do it. painting is cheaper and a lot easier to fix.

[JakeDaSnake]

Yea paint if much cheaper and faster, but the Powercoat is WAY more durable than paint is... I've though about using a cheap scray on truck bedliner for one of my tubers but Im goin with powercoating, lol

Later,
Jake

[flexntj2001]

I guess I'll chime in. Powder coating can be really strong, if done properly. When working in the HVAC building industry some customers would ask for powder coating for is longevity (I worked in a custom shop). A friend of mine has a small setup in his shop, and he has done a few small parts. I have even heard that you can do it at home if you have a way to electronically charge the powder to stick to the metal and then bake it (not sure what the temperature is, and I am not recommending using your oven:roll: ).

After saying all that.....everything that is powder coated on my 1:1 TJ is looking rather rough from all the rock rash.:evil: But our rigs being as light as they are shouldn't gouge the coating that bad.

Chad

[quick5pnt0]

If i had the choice i'd pick powdercoating, but the reality of it is that i rarely have the money or time to spend on sending something out to get power coated nor do i have the equipment to do it myself. So for the most part i paint.

[clodman]

Oh, thats something i left out is the truck bedliner i have some of that laying around, leftovers from my truck. I think i might just roll it on the chassis and then paint red over it? what about that

[Madcratebuilder]

I've had one of these (http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=412&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C458%2C459%2C460&KickerID=68&KICKER) for many years. I use a toasteroven for small parts.

[JakeDaSnake]

I think you could paint over the bedliner but I like the kinda "stealthy" look it give it, lol. I friend actually got his sprayed with Ryno liner but it was WAY WAY overkill!
It made a 3/16 frame almost 1/4" thick, lol but we could throw it down the Grand Canyon and it wouldn't have hert it!

Later,
Jake

[Plays_with_Toys]

Paint. Cheaper, lighter, more colors readily available, doesn't add thickness therefore your tolerances stay the same.

[Madcratebuilder]

Paint. Cheaper, lighter, more colors readily available, doesn't add thickness therefore your tolerances stay the same.

Paint is cheaper...some paint.

Urethane primer, base and clear would be very close to the same weight.

Color selection was limited twenty years ago, today you can get metalflakes, candies, fluorescence, metalizers, clearcoat.
For sure you don't want to powdercoat any threaded holes.
It has its place. This was done by a blind fat man, between beers.

[roktoy]

Paint for a crawler
PC for a show rig
Jay

[clodman]

Well paint it'll be but i am going to bed line the doors just for the look.

Brad