Christopher,
That was what I was thinking as well. The powder painting process
works best if every part is disassembled. With the top bows that would mean
drilling out the special rivets etc. and then trying to replace them with
new rivets if something close is available. In addition powder painting
requires a bare metal surface to adhere to so that means media blasting the
bows first. Although it is not a problem on the bows powder painting also
requires taping off any threads so the coating will not create an
interference fit. The final product on the bows would be great for
durability but it sure would be a big process just for bows. I still would
just like to find a readily available gray paint in a spray can in a close
color match. Perhaps there is none.
Dave McDermott
At 05:46 PM 3/3/98 -0800, Christopher Albers wrote:
>It is correct that the pieces would need to be disassembled for proper
>powder coating. Think of powder coating as the metal plating of
>painting. It goes on fairly thick and the metal is electrically
>charged to improve adhesion, then the parts are cured at high
>temperature. If one were to leave the pieces together there might be
>problems with chipping and the moving parts. I would be very surprised
>if Karl had them done whole and had no trouble afterward.
>
>Christopher
>dave.mcdermott@cusys.edu,Internet writes:
>> Karl,
>
>> Powder painting is great and I have used it a lot on the
>>suspension
>>pieces. Normally with suspensions each part is separate even the washers
>>etc. On the soft top bows did you have to disassemble all the pieces or
>>could they handle the full assembly. Seems like it would be difficult
>>for
>>them with all the moveable pieces.
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>
>> Dave
>
>>At 01:31 PM 3/4/98 +1300, Karl Gilchrist wrote:
>>>
>>>My advice (for what its worth) is don't paint them powder coat them.
>>>Paint chips off easily but powder coating is much more durable. I've
>>>just had mine done and it cost the equivalent of US$50-perfect colour
>>>match with the original colour.
>>>
>>>Karl
>>>
>>>
>
>
>>From: Dave McDermott <dave.mcdermott@cusys.edu>
>>Subject: Re: COLOR OF TOP BOWS
>>Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 18:17:19 -0700
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