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Terry Stapley 09-10-2008 08:49 AM
From Powdercoat to Chrome
 
How does one remove powdercoat from a part that one wants to have chromed?

FYI:
I was thinking about having my ceramic coated sidepipes chromed but I talked to 2 chrome businesses and they said that they will not do it!! Both shops said that the ceramic coating had to be removed but they did not know how to remove it. They polished up nicely after the "wet" Oregon trip so I guess I am staying with the coated pipes!!

strictlypersonl 09-10-2008 09:09 AM
There's no "clean" way to remove ceramic coating. It must be bead/sand-blasted off. The chromer probably freaks at that because of the rough surface it leaves, making smoothing the base nickel almost impossible.

lovehamr 09-10-2008 10:18 AM
I believe the original question was about "powder coating" not ceramic(?). Two different things here. If you're talking about normal color powder coating then you can use what is commonly refered to as MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone ?SP). It will remove the powder coating easy. If the question was all about ceramic, I don't know how one would get ceramic off without hurting the part. So never mind!:D

Steve

Terry Stapley 09-10-2008 02:20 PM
The question was about powder coating removal so thanks for the heads up!!

The ceramic coating part of the thread was just what I had found out about chroming ceramic coated parts!!

ng8264723 09-10-2008 02:45 PM
The pipes are not powder coated. Powder coating melts at 400 degrees. They are ceramic coated
chris

nevermind65 09-11-2008 10:51 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ng8264723 (Post 878252)
The pipes are not powder coated. Powder coating melts at 400 degrees. They are ceramic coated
chris
I had a set of exhaust manifolds powder coated with high temp powder coating. It has a temperature range from 1000-1200 degrees. It never melted and looked great plus was pretty cheap.

FUNFER2 10-13-2008 11:10 AM
Nevermind65-

I would like to talk to you about your powder coated side pipes. Please email me- cobrakev@galaxycable.net

Thank you,
Kevin

nevermind65 10-13-2008 01:53 PM
Kevin,

I sent you an email. If you have any other questions, drop me a reply email.

Ron

FUNFER2 10-13-2008 04:19 PM
Ok, thanks.


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