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| Paint |     | 23 | 62.16% |
| Powder Coat |    | 14 | 37.84% |
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01-07-2006, 05:51 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: up in no mans land
Posts: 159
|  Paint or Powder coat
What do most of you guys do? Do many of you powder coat it, or paint it?
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01-07-2006, 06:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Grand Forks, ND
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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
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01-07-2006, 06:28 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: up in no mans land
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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.
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01-07-2006, 07:18 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY
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If it chips it looks used. Which looks good for crawlers.
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01-07-2006, 07:20 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mt.View CA
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I voted for paint,i've always used it,like others have said its easy to repair.
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01-07-2006, 07:32 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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Might as well just paint it then.  | |
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01-07-2006, 07:53 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: up in no mans land
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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!
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01-07-2006, 09:11 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canada
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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.
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01-07-2006, 09:14 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mobile AL
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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 |
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01-07-2006, 10:01 PM
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| Rock Stacker  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lynchburg
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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  ).After saying all that.....everything that is powder coated on my 1:1 TJ is looking rather rough from all the rock rash.  But our rigs being as light as they are shouldn't gouge the coating that bad.Chad |
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01-08-2006, 01:06 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NEPA
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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.
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01-08-2006, 07:01 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: up in no mans land
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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
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01-08-2006, 08:57 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mobile AL
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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 |
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01-08-2006, 12:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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Paint. Cheaper, lighter, more colors readily available, doesn't add thickness therefore your tolerances stay the same.
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01-08-2006, 02:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I need MORE GIGGLE JUICE
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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. | |
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01-08-2006, 08:04 PM
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| Dirt Addict   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stumblin' thru the parking lot of an invisible 7-Eleven
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Paint for a crawler PC for a show rig Jay |
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01-09-2006, 01:58 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: up in no mans land
Posts: 159
| Well paint it'll be but i am going to bed line the doors just for the look. Brad |
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