Anyone Ecoated a frame ?
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Anyone Ecoated a frame ?
I was thinking of taking my frame and having it dipped and then Ecoated. What makes me lean toward this way is you coat inside and outside. I was told it is as strong as POR 15.
Anyone done this or have an opinion ?
Anyone done this or have an opinion ?
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Originally Posted by ICEMAN59
I've never heard of e-coating what is it exactly?
I was told also this paint is very tough to get off once it is applied. The only downside is if the frame is pitted it will cause a rough surface and the cost (~1k for chemical de-rust dip and paint)
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All modern cars get e-coated after the body-in-white is assembled, before it enters the paint shop. It's for corrosion resistance. Like ckerch said, it uses electric current to bond the coating to the metal, at an electron level.
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Originally Posted by LiveandLetDrive
This is different than powdercoating? I thought powdercoating also used electromagnetic fields and paint powder.
Where as, powder coating is a dry paint sprayed and then baked. The corvette retoration business that I am thinking of taking this to, said I could apply a powder coat over the top of this E-Coat. The benefit would be the powder coat would fill in any pitting on the frame. Since I am not building a show car I don't plan on going with the powder coat. Kind of over kill IMHO.
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From: Creswell OR
ecoating the frame
By dipping the frame,I suppose you mean chemical
dipping.My question is,how do you remove all the chemical residue from the inside of the frame so that the epaint won't have the problems that are associated
with the areas that might contain the chemicals?I like the idea of painting outside-inside of the frame
dipping.My question is,how do you remove all the chemical residue from the inside of the frame so that the epaint won't have the problems that are associated
with the areas that might contain the chemicals?I like the idea of painting outside-inside of the frame
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From: Flushing MI
Originally Posted by BLACKHORSEVET
By dipping the frame,I suppose you mean chemical
dipping.My question is,how do you remove all the chemical residue from the inside of the frame so that the epaint won't have the problems that are associated
with the areas that might contain the chemicals?I like the idea of painting outside-inside of the frame
dipping.My question is,how do you remove all the chemical residue from the inside of the frame so that the epaint won't have the problems that are associated
with the areas that might contain the chemicals?I like the idea of painting outside-inside of the frame
I still don't know if it is worth the $$$ to get the inside of the frame coated which is the major advantage of E-Coat process.