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Anyone had experience of spraying over powder coat or is it best to remove it if so how

grumpar wrote:Anyone had experience of spraying over powder coat or is it best to remove it if so how

I have no personal experience of painting over powder coat but plenty of people have had frames blasted and powder coated to save on priming. Personally, if I was after a quality job I would want a decent primer in direct contact with the metal.

Take it off and prime properly for a good job.

Only one sensible method of removing it; get it blasted.

coaster wrote:

grumpar wrote:Anyone had experience of spraying over powder coat or is it best to remove it if so how

I have no personal experience of painting over powder coat but plenty of people have had frames blasted and powder coated to save on priming. Personally, if I was after a quality job I would want a decent primer in direct contact with the metal.

Thanks for the reply personally i would agree i always etch prime , high build primer and finish with cellulose on frame and and panels that said i have no objections with powder coat on tanks tool boxes air boxes etc and in this case a set of forks which i think are better in powder coat. (Just my opinion)
At the moment i have a set of forks which need jigging and straightening so will need refinishing they have been blasted and powder coated.
so in this case i need to know can i rub down and spray over or take down to bare metal and start again and what takes it off cheers

In that case, rubbing down with wet & dry followed by primer and top coats should be fine I would think.

If they need jigging they will likely be subjected to heat.

dickie wrote:Take it off and prime properly for a good job.

Only one sensible method of removing it; get it blasted.

Most blast companies wont touch something thats been powder coated.........to difficult to remove the powder coating through blasting.

So how do i get it off defiantly having them jigged so will need refinishing if i keep them but the Scomadi Stainless Steel forks are looking more and more promising at the moment

I have my frames powder coated then the loop wet painted to match the scooter colour

I have done two this way and no problems - my painter has no issue with it - its flatted back then primed and painted

In my case it worked out fine as the internals etc are all black so I`m not fussed on the frame matching the panel work (only the loop).

If I wanted the inside of the frame to match the panelwork colour - I would maybe look at wet spraying it all

Gaz

PS Ive had powder coating taken off - they used a chemical dip first then blasted it

Thanks Gaz very helpful

if its a small job that you're looking to remove powder coating from, then liberally applying Nitromors and sticking in a plastic bag for a week lets the stuff pretty much fall off.

HxPaul wrote:

dickie wrote:Take it off and prime properly for a good job.

Only one sensible method of removing it; get it blasted.

Most blast companies wont touch something thats been powder coated.........to difficult to remove the powder coating through blasting.

Agreed ... Nitromors will get it off (the older stuff is better if you can find any) or a decent paint stripper

HxPaul wrote:

dickie wrote:Take it off and prime properly for a good job.

Only one sensible method of removing it; get it blasted.

Most blast companies wont touch something thats been powder coated.........to difficult to remove the powder coating through blasting.

Come to Newcastle; we'll do anything for money up here.

I've had loads of powder coat blasted off.

agree, I have used paint stripper..it virtually falls off.