Bare metal suspension parts - THIS THREAD IS OFFICALLY OVER

[76orangewagon]

After visiting Mike today to see my Cuda I  can honestly tell you that the pictures Mike posted above do not do the part justice....the camera cannot capture how good the part actually looks in person.

[HEMICUDA]

After visiting Mike today to see my Cuda I  can honestly tell you that the pictures Mike posted above do not do the part justice....the camera cannot capture how good the part actually looks in person.

Oh yea, you forgot your street sign.

[HEMICUDA]

In the over it goes, flat clear this time.

[HEMICUDA]

Finished, your cast grey power coating looks great Shane (top photo), however, duplicating a bare cast part it does not.  The two process shown here are identical except for two simple steps, staining and polishing the metal before powder coating.

Cast grey power coating, as good as it looks, will never duplicate the look of bare cast metal. 

In addition, jingle can paint is the absolute worst paint to use on parts, especially ones on the exterior, unless durability and longevity is NOT your end game.  If all you're looking for are pretty pictures as soon as the car is done and not driven?  Jingle can paint works great.

Very happy with the results, now I have to take the bare metal suspension parts off my done AAR and T/A to re-do them in flat clear powder.

[RUNCHARGER]

That's the best I've seen for cast look hands down.

[JS29]

 

[ratroaster]

I prefer Shanes powder coat by looking at the pics.  If your gonna over restore everything better than new it may as well look fresh cast out of the mold.....

[HEMICUDA]

I prefer Shanes powder coat by looking at the pics.  If your gonna over restore everything better than new it may as well look fresh cast out of the mold.....

That was the point, cast colored powder coating looks nothing like an uncoated casting.  As I said before, I want the parts to look like it did when the car was built with all the advantages of powder coating.  There's nothing wrong with Shane's, the type of customers I restore cars for want it as close to "as new" as possible as well as I do.  If what I was doing didn't achieve that look, it would certainly be done like Shane's.  If my customer wants the cast colored powder, no problem, that's what they'll get.  We can do anything a customer desires here, however, Mr. Jingle isn't one of them.

[HEMICUDA]

Cooked another batch this morning.  Took 60 minutes from blasting to entering the oven, another 20 for cook time.  I put the old tie rods back in the sleeves to protect the threads from being powder coated.  The parts look a bit darker in the picture than they really are.

[pink aar]

LOOKS GOOD to me. I'll be trying it in a couple weeks myself.

[ratroaster]

Cooked another batch this morning.  Took 60 minutes from blasting to entering the oven, another 20 for cook time.  I put the old tie rods back in the sleeves to protect the threads from being powder coated.  The parts look a bit darker in the picture than they really are.

Looks really good Mike!  Now I am thinking of redoing mine at some point.  I left everything natural and used RPM on all my suspension parts.

[HEMICUDA]

I threw this strut rod in the front flower bed on Oct. 15 and pulled it out yesterday, it has rained and snowed, warm and cold with zero rust.  The powder coating flat clear on bare metal parts has worked out so well, my new 40" x 40" x 72" inside dimension powder coating oven will be delivered next week.  Made sure it was large enough to do the rear end housings and k-members.  Short of the black parts, every bare metal suspension part will fit in the over with one cook cycle.

Powder coating, without question, is far and away the very best way to coat a part for durability and longevity especially on a car that will be driven.

[Slotts]

Awesome!

So, in conclusion, this effort shows that you have been thinking inside the box!   

Jim

[Chryco Psycho]

That is awesome 

[JS29]

Awesome!

So, in conclusion, this effort shows that you have been thinking inside the box!   

Jim
             Or inside the hot box!