Blazin'4x4
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How reliable is powder coating? Prices? I can paint relatively cheap, but know i'll constantly be touching up.
Anyone like there powder coating?
Anyone like there powder coating?
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Paint or Powder coat? Frame work time!
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I painted, mainly because I know my rig will never be "done" and if I need to add a bracket or a shock hoop (or whatever else) I didn't want to have to "break" the powder coat. With paint, remove it, weld in whatever and respray 
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blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
i can get frame, control arms, trailing arms, all 4 coil springs, and all the cross members powder coated for @375 and they have 1 day turn around...if i take it in early enough i can usually pick it up the same day in afternoon.
heres a frame i just had powder coated...
thats the 72 frame, about to take the 64 frame in, i have 3 truck builds going at once...a 47, a 64, & a 72, their not mine, I'm building them for other people.
i have the 72 frame ready for the body, but I'm having to put a new floor in it, i had ordered all the patch panel parts i needed then in my last LMC catalog they had a complete assembled floor for the 67-72 model trucks so i ordered it and have it almost completed and ready for the frame. i'm building it for a local doctor and he is in no hurry, he wants me to do $1500 worth of work per month, so for the 1st couple of months there wasn't any real work done, but alot of parts ordered. so..the 64 frame is going to go to powder coat b/c its for an attorney and he isn't worried about the cost to time ratio, so it will get done alot faster, plus the truck didn't have much rust at all, so its been media blasted and the interior has almost been completed and door jambs have been cut in so its time to have the frame done b/c i'm at the point of needing it.
i'll get to work on my 68 c-10 shortly, hopefully its next, i finished a 1st series 55 3100 of mine about 4 months ago..put it on air bags and added on board air and A/C & made some of my own pulleys and some brackets and put a serp belt on the old inline 6.
i'm debating on buying another 68 c-10 that has an inline 6 w/3 on the tree and restoring it close to original except for some lowered coil springs(i may air bag it also, not sure yet) and torque thrust rims. but otherwise keep it as close to original as possible, except the gas tank is coming out of the cab and a tank will go in the rear, between the frame rails..reason for it is i like the old L6's and building them back stock, & the 1 i have now is more than likely going to get a 427/th400 and possibly an IRS...
heres a frame i just had powder coated...
thats the 72 frame, about to take the 64 frame in, i have 3 truck builds going at once...a 47, a 64, & a 72, their not mine, I'm building them for other people.
i have the 72 frame ready for the body, but I'm having to put a new floor in it, i had ordered all the patch panel parts i needed then in my last LMC catalog they had a complete assembled floor for the 67-72 model trucks so i ordered it and have it almost completed and ready for the frame. i'm building it for a local doctor and he is in no hurry, he wants me to do $1500 worth of work per month, so for the 1st couple of months there wasn't any real work done, but alot of parts ordered. so..the 64 frame is going to go to powder coat b/c its for an attorney and he isn't worried about the cost to time ratio, so it will get done alot faster, plus the truck didn't have much rust at all, so its been media blasted and the interior has almost been completed and door jambs have been cut in so its time to have the frame done b/c i'm at the point of needing it.
i'll get to work on my 68 c-10 shortly, hopefully its next, i finished a 1st series 55 3100 of mine about 4 months ago..put it on air bags and added on board air and A/C & made some of my own pulleys and some brackets and put a serp belt on the old inline 6.
i'm debating on buying another 68 c-10 that has an inline 6 w/3 on the tree and restoring it close to original except for some lowered coil springs(i may air bag it also, not sure yet) and torque thrust rims. but otherwise keep it as close to original as possible, except the gas tank is coming out of the cab and a tank will go in the rear, between the frame rails..reason for it is i like the old L6's and building them back stock, & the 1 i have now is more than likely going to get a 427/th400 and possibly an IRS...
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My buddy has his pull truck powder coated and it still looks reallly good after all these years.
I plan to have mine powder coated. If done right it is very tough. Only bad thing is having to take everything all the way apart to have it done.
I plan to have mine powder coated. If done right it is very tough. Only bad thing is having to take everything all the way apart to have it done.
I prefer to powder coat. Only drawback is ofcourse welding, or some kind of crack repair. But I would just grind away the PC and repair the area and match paint as best as possible the one area. The rest of the frame or whatever would look great.
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I just painted mine with Eastwoods 2 part chassis black and it is sweet. I am having to do some grinding already,
I like the Eastwood stuff too, not against that process by any means. If or when I go get to a point where I want to do "something" with my frame I might do what you did or PC. Depends on how I feel at the time.
I'd pick painting over powder coating. Reason enough for simple maintenance for scratches and touch up work.
My choice of chassis paint would be black epoxy.
My choice of chassis paint would be black epoxy.
Blazin'4x4
1/2 ton status
How did you prep for paint? Sand blast, dip, bake?
Sandblast.
blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
for any scratches i accidentally put in the PC during re-assembly, i lightly scuff a small area surrounding the scratch and then paint the scratch w/epoxy paint...if done correctly and feathered in, you can paint the little scratches and not even tell that a repair has been done & w/2 part epoxy you can control the clear to make it match the sheen of the PC & the epoxy paint has a good strong adhesion that won't flake off and leave the scratch in the PC..
