Powder coat or not to powdercoat?

ctzn · 01-06-2010, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by fxroar

Alrighttt. There's this place called San Diego Powdercoat right around Santee. The guy was very friendly. He showed me around the shop and also all the available colors I can powder coat my rims. I wanted to do two different colors.. such as Red lip and everything else misty lava. But he said it's not a good idea since almost all the time.. the colors tend to ooze down and get all over each other. Is that true?

Also, he quoted me $113 per rim with misty lava. Is that reasonable?

This is the first place I went to and will be looking for others depending on how much it trully costs and if two colors is doable!

I am paying a little more than that per wheel but it includes mounting and balancing so I think the price is reasonable.

Perhaps the best way to get the lip a different color would be to do so after the powder coating has been done, just a pinstripe around the lip?

Mike · 01-06-2010, 12:50 AM

2 colors is very doable, as you can see with my Nismo wheels. Its a pain and a lot of extra work, but it is doable all in powder

fxroar · 01-06-2010, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike

2 colors is very doable, as you can see with my Nismo wheels. Its a pain and a lot of extra work, but it is doable all in powder

Any tips on you can give that I can pass onto the shop? He said even with some special tape..at some point during the baking process, the colors will still make their way into one another

fxroar · 01-06-2010, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ctzn

I am paying a little more than that per wheel but it includes mounting and balancing so I think the price is reasonable.

Perhaps the best way to get the lip a different color would be to do so after the powder coating has been done, just a pinstripe around the lip?

Yeah. Actually that's another alternative that the owner told me about. But right after finding out that doing 2 colors is possible.. then I might just find myself another shop that is willing to

Mike · 01-07-2010, 09:46 AM

I'm really not comfortable with telling someone else how to do their job, plus if I was him, I might recommend against it also. I will say that with the misty lava as the base color, it would be a lot more difficult than with a black, as red will bleed through, but it can be done. I would probably have to charge 150-175 per wheel for that color combo due to the extra labor and cure cycles.

Now theoretically, if I were to do it, I would fully cure the base coat of lava, mask the center (big PITA, its much easier to do the lips first, but for the above bleed through). Shoot the red highlights and put the wheel in the oven until just before flowout, then remove and pull the tape, then clearcoat the entire wheel and do a full cure.

On mine above, I did the orange trim first, then masked the lip and shot the black and clearcoat. The orange also bleeds, but not through black.

fxroar · 01-08-2010, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike

I'm really not comfortable with telling someone else how to do their job, plus if I was him, I might recommend against it also. I will say that with the misty lava as the base color, it would be a lot more difficult than with a black, as red will bleed through, but it can be done. I would probably have to charge 150-175 per wheel for that color combo due to the extra labor and cure cycles.

Now theoretically, if I were to do it, I would fully cure the base coat of lava, mask the center (big PITA, its much easier to do the lips first, but for the above bleed through). Shoot the red highlights and put the wheel in the oven until just before flowout, then remove and pull the tape, then clearcoat the entire wheel and do a full cure.

On mine above, I did the orange trim first, then masked the lip and shot the black and clearcoat. The orange also bleeds, but not through black.

+1. Thank you for the heads up. Ima go talk to the guy and see If I can work something out with red and black. I might just take my chance on this.

01-06-2010, 12:50 AM	#17 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2186	2 colors is very doable, as you can see with my Nismo wheels. Its a pain and a lot of extra work, but it is doable all in powder __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

01-07-2010, 09:46 AM	#20 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2186	I'm really not comfortable with telling someone else how to do their job, plus if I was him, I might recommend against it also. I will say that with the misty lava as the base color, it would be a lot more difficult than with a black, as red will bleed through, but it can be done. I would probably have to charge 150-175 per wheel for that color combo due to the extra labor and cure cycles. Now theoretically, if I were to do it, I would fully cure the base coat of lava, mask the center (big PITA, its much easier to do the lips first, but for the above bleed through). Shoot the red highlights and put the wheel in the oven until just before flowout, then remove and pull the tape, then clearcoat the entire wheel and do a full cure. On mine above, I did the orange trim first, then masked the lip and shot the black and clearcoat. The orange also bleeds, but not through black. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968 Last edited by Mike; 01-07-2010 at 09:49 AM.

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