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Old 06-19-2008, 05:49 AM
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Hi Guys

I personally am very wary of powder coating.

It always looks good when new but has a number of problems that can cause grief in the long term.

Any fatigue cracks are difficult to find till they become major cracks and the other problem is the powder coating once damaged allows corrosion to creep unnoticed under the coating and eventually flakes off in sheets.

If you need to weld any brackets to anything powder coated after all is finished you need to strip and recoat the parts to maintain the surface finish and integrity.

I have seen others get their chassis powdercoated to a great finish and then spoil it by having to weld additional brackets they had not foreseen.

I guess from the above comments you could say I am not a great fan of powder coating.

Dimi
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