[Mgs] Wheels

[Rod Williams]

On Sep 1, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Andrew Lundgren <lundgren at byu.net> wrote:
> I thought the powder coat was supposed to be durable, that is why I was
thinking of doing it.

Yeah, that's what I thought too. I've had several items powder coated, some
auto, some not. It's a *very* attractive finish but as I've discovered and
been told by others is that it only works on surfaces that don't get much
physical contact. It ends up being very much like a very thin porcelain
coating. It was a complete disaster on the wheels I did. After two years they
were chipped with rust under the paint where the chips happened. No amount of
beer and time made it possible to get an acceptable touch-up to the chipped
spots, not to mention the rust. I eventually had to have the wheels stripped
and repainted with high quality conventional paint. They've been on the car
for seven years now and look like new.
Good luck.
--
Rod Williams
Petaluma, California
1967 MGB