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Re: Powder Coating

To: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
Subject: Re: Powder Coating
From: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@Vela.ACS.Oakland.Edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 07:54:46 -0400 (EDT)
> Powder coating is applied by charging the object being painted and the
> powder spray with different polarities,  does it need bare metal to stick
> to, i.e. will previously painted or body filled areas get painted evenly?
> Does anyone know how carefully the surface needs to be sanded, ie what
> grade of abrasive paper is required?
> 
> Thanks
> Tim

A clean, sandblasted finish is perfect for powder coating.  The one thing
you left out is that after the powder is sprayed on, it's run through
an oven to fuse it.  Works great on suspension parts.
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