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Who can recommend a place to get powdercoating
I want to powdercoat 4 rims which are painted gold atm, I want them to be white. Is powdercoating the best or will painting suffice?
If anybody can let me know of places and ball park figures, that would be awesome. Cheers |
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perth powdercoaters ask for Tim aka [SUBASTYLN] 0411612530
he has done a few members rims.
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Go to Tim @ Perth Powdercoaters. He did my MY00 rims, price was spot on, finish was stunning and still is (minus bulk brake dust). I went a colour that came in matt only, so he clear-coated them for not much extra, and the finish is very tough and easy to clean.
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Melting point of aluminium is 660C. Melting point of Al-Cu alloys as low as 520C Melting point of Al-Si alloys as low as 570C. The majority of 'mag' wheels are made of aluminium alloys, but I have no idea what alloys are the most common The book I have here mentions for a stress relieving heat treatment of an aluminium alloy, soak times "can be as short as 15min". A rough graph indicates stress relieving to occur between 190-280C, with the lower end requiring a longer heat soak of up to an hour. (This is all eye-balled from a rough chart btw, so don't take it too seriously, the values could be quite far off!) In my opinion, if any stress relieving occurs for such a short time at that temp, this is not a massive concern, it may even be of benefit? If the alloy was hardened I would be more concerned. For example if I kerb a rim I would rather it buckle than crack, especially if I don't spot hairline cracks and continue driving on it! |
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sweet as, thanks!
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digging up old thread....
i went there the other day....is it even open??...
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tried calling ?
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he's in thailand at the moment but his dad should be there running the show. his name is geoff hull.
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painting is fine, just put a few layers of clear coat..
ive heard powderocating has to heat the rims and may change the metallurgic properties of the rim. making them more fragile..
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Just another thing I've heard. Seems to make sense. Opinions?
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I've done 2 years of powdercoating at Capral Aluminium back in my uni days and the metal has to go thru 200-250C oven (round 10 min in there) therefore check what ur rims are made out of...what kinda alloy before you do it. In terms of quality powdercoating is a heaps better than painting, lot more resistant to sun etc. |
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