Powder Coating a Frame
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Cruising
Joined: Sep 2004
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Powder Coating a Frame
This might be in the wrong forum, but I thought I'd give it a shot.
I've been wondering exactly what can be powder coated. I want to coat my frame, and I've already got a quote from a local shop that'll do it for me. What I forgot to ask them at the time, however, is if I'd have to strip any bondo off the frame in order for it to be powder coated. I use bondo at the joints on my frame, to make it look less blocky. I don't know if I'd end up powder coating if I'd have to take it all off. Not that the extra work would matter, but I like the look it gives.
I've been wondering exactly what can be powder coated. I want to coat my frame, and I've already got a quote from a local shop that'll do it for me. What I forgot to ask them at the time, however, is if I'd have to strip any bondo off the frame in order for it to be powder coated. I use bondo at the joints on my frame, to make it look less blocky. I don't know if I'd end up powder coating if I'd have to take it all off. Not that the extra work would matter, but I like the look it gives.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: PA
Bradly,
You have to remove the bondo from the frame to have it powder coated. I had mine fill welded on the seams and steel plated on the sections where the C channels come together to give the frame a boxed look... however this is very expensive to do (about six times the cost of powder coating the frame). If you want to have the smooth lines you need to stick with the bondo and paint which is what is done on the show cars.
You have to remove the bondo from the frame to have it powder coated. I had mine fill welded on the seams and steel plated on the sections where the C channels come together to give the frame a boxed look... however this is very expensive to do (about six times the cost of powder coating the frame). If you want to have the smooth lines you need to stick with the bondo and paint which is what is done on the show cars.
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2000
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From: Waterloo ontario Canada
My son did a motor cycle frame this week and the guy had used bondo on some of the welds. He did acid wash the part and tried pulling the frame out of the oven before it got too hot to prevent the bondo from popping off. It didn't work, the frame came out blotchy. Don't use bondo.
