Powder Coat or Paint?

[Mark Halligan]

I am having a set of front and rear struts blasted clean and am trying to decide whether or not to have them powder coated or paint them.

The only concern I have with Powder coat is water getting under the coating via stone chips etc. and rotting the strut over time.

Any ideas or BTDT's ?

Cheers

[Rusty]

I've just had a rear subframe blasted, zinc primed and poweder coated. It was suggested to me by a few chaps at work that I had is stove enamelled for exactly the reasons you have made . However, I was informed by the painters that the combination of the zinc primer and powder coat was much better than stove enamelling as painting is not as tough as it used to be due to various changes that have been made to it recently to remove harmful chemicals from it.

Just what I was fed by a local painters bu interesting nonetheless. HTH

[mark_s2]

When I restored the suspension on my MK1 Astra the company that did it painted all the components in zinc primer then 2K black. They advised against powder coating on the basis that suspension takes quite a battering from stones etc and once the powder coating is chipped then corrosion can spread underneath.

Mark

[Mark Halligan]

Thanks, I'll probably paint them.

[LHD_Kid]

Now, with the bike stuff I did, I was advised that powder coating was the way to go, as it is much much harder wearing than paint, and less likely to chip...
I understand what you mean though, but you would stillneed to keep an eye on paint chips too, as the same thing would happen...

[Baldy]

when i was contemplating doin mine i looked at this kit for zinc coating em 1st

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.a...Electroplating

[sal_s2]

I'd powder coat them, wouldnt paint chip much easier as its thinner than powder coat?

[Fat Audi 80]

I'd powder coat them, wouldnt paint chip much easier as its thinner than powder coat?

We use powder coating at work and it is WAY more durable than wet painting.

Powder coat all the way for me.

A decent powder coater will etch prime etc before coating anyway and IMO you won't get any more corrosion resistance with wet paint.

cheers,

Steve.

[GT500]

I use a paint for priming bare steel called POR 15,
You are all going on about chipping, I can paint a tube with the above, then when its dry hammer the tube flat and NO chips...
Its made in the USA, top stuff, if you get it on your hand its there for weeks!

You can get from http://www.frost.co.uk

I use it on all my restoration jobs, chassis, suspension, its the best i've found.

give it a try...

Rob