wkearney99 wrote:
I'm no paint or powder coating expert either. All I know is powder coating takes having a special sort of oven in order to 'bake' the coating onto the metal (aka not the wife's kitchen oven). I've no idea if it can be repaired, or why it would have flaked to begin with. I likewise don't know if you can mix putting paint on top of something that's already powder coated or not. But that'd be my first question.
I ended up finding a powder coating shop 5 mins from my house. I took the mount plus the collar of my steering wheel which was also had paint chipping off. The guy is going to sandblast and powder coat both parts for $40.00. I was thinking of hitting it with some strong heavy duty spray paint but the fact is that with the amount of water (in my case saltwater) that mount gets plus the abuse of that pole I would probably end up spray paiting it every 6 months or so. It is somewhat a pain to remove the mount b/c the heat shield on the engine hatch covers the nuts and washers that hold it in place. So with all that in mind I opted to do it right the first time although a bit more money.
The process involves him sandblasting the parts clean. He then hangs them on a wire which is connected to ground. He then has a gun which is apparently charged with static electricity. He then sprays this powder which "sticks" to the metal because of the electrostatic charge. He then takes that and sticks it in an oven that gives it that "paint" look.
I took some before pictures so I can show you guys later.... Stay tuned.
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Walter
2003 248 Vista - VP 5.0 GXi
2009 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L 4x4
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