[Shotimes] powdercoating c osts?

[Frank "SHOrage" Costa]

Thought you might want to see this, this is what ill be doing....




FROM SHOFORUM MEMBER:
LOL, thanks for the compliments. I've had a lot of people asking me about 
the intake.

Actually its not powdercoat, its painted. The paint is Duplicolor High Heat 
w/ Ceramic (1200 degree). The color is Aluminum DH1606. Its like 5 bucks a 
can at the autoparts store. The paint would rub off easily before I baked it 
in the oven at 400 degrees for 1.5 hrs. It seems to be pretty durable now. 
There is a similar color in the 500 degree paint, but it is not the same. I 
didn't use any clear.

Before I painted the parts, i spent some time grinding off the casting 
marks, media blasting to remove the old paint, and sanding to smooth them 
out a little.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the outcome. We'll see how it holds up, but I 
think it should be fine. From a distance, it almost looks polished. It also 
looks better in person. I'll try to get a pic in the sunlight.


COOL HUH?

Frank



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Fisher" <dataflash@yahoo.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:02 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] powdercoating c osts?


> What does it typically cost to have valve covers
> powdercoated? Standard non metallic (I know that
> custom colors, metallics, color shifting, etc) is
> usually more. I plan on calling a local place tomorrow
> but I thought I'd ask here.
>
> thanks
> Ian
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