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Hammer71
| Posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 - 05:04 pm: |
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What ya want to know about translucent? It's applied over a "chrome or silver powder" 2 stage if you will. |
Sifo
| Posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 - 10:51 pm: |
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How hard is it to get nice even coverage? Basically, is it going to take a bunch of experimentation to figure out how to get a desired effect. I'm used to doing that for paints like pearls and candies, but it's easy to just mask a test piece and do multiple coats, moving the mask for each successive coat. Then you get a nice test piece where you can see the result of 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. coats. It seems this sort of testing would be more difficult with powder coats. Maybe I'm missing some simple tricks though. |
Bluzm2
| Posted on Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 10:51 am: |
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I had my primary and cam cover for my M2 done many years ago. They did a silver base and multiple coats of candy blue to get the shade to match. Still looks great. |
Nobuell
| Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 09:19 pm: |
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I plan to buy a 2010 rear wheel for my 08 1125r. I would like to powder coat it to match the original color. Any ideas? |
Hammer71
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:24 pm: |
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Sifo, Even coverage isn't that difficult providing you have a good gun for it, the issue with the low end hobby guns is they dont put out the correct voltage and cascade for multiple coats. To get a good second coat with one of those guns you would have to heat the part to around 125F then shoot the second coat, problem with that is you will get heavy areas and an uneven result, can be done as Ive done it when first starting out but a lot of trial and error. Nobuell, which color? the flat looking blue or the candy blue? Ive done both but would have to look up the color charts again cause I cant remember off the top of my head. |
Hammer71
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:27 pm: |
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2 Stage Base Silver/ Translucent Blue
3 Stage Solid/Flake/Clear
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Sifo
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:47 pm: |
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Thanks Hammer, that's the answer that I thought might be coming. I'm sure results will vary, but even the best painter is limited to what his equipment is capable of. Of course an experience painter can also make the most of marginal equipment. It's a lot like racing! |
Hammer71
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 04:37 pm: |
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True statement there. |
Nobuell
| Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 09:51 pm: |
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Hammer71 It is the flat blue. I am not sure of the color name. Is this something you can do? If so, send me a PM. |
Mikexlr650
| Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 10:04 pm: |
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Damn Hammer! Those wheels are gorgeous honestly not surprised knowing how you are but still. You've come a long way from the a-arms on my buggy haha. |
Hammer71
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2013 - 11:17 am: |
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Nobuell, I'll check the color charts for a close match. |
99savage
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2013 - 03:49 pm: |
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If you can actually talk to a powder coat vendor there are some amazing effects available "out-of-the-box". Don't have pictures but Valspar has furnishings us some silver, aluminum & bronze appearing coatings that were really impressive. Asked them for a verdigris appearing powder to make a hydrant look like aged bronze and they did not laugh at me. - Think they can do it. |
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