Powder Coating wheels question...

I've got a set of escalade wheels that i'd like to get powder coated...

How should they be prepped? sand blasted? sanded?

thanks!

have them media blasted..better than sand

Anyone else have any input?

depending upon the finish that is already on the wheel, the prep work would work accordingly for powder coating. If the rim is powdercoated originally, it can be thourghly wet sanded with 400 grit sand paper, cleaned and re-powdercoated. but if it was chromed it must be blasted with preferrably glass beads and prepped to a minimum of 400 grit. hope that helps

Its just the factory powdercoat on the wheel right now

powdercoating is the same prepping procedure as regular painting in that every flaw will show up. if the existing powdercoat doesn't seem to have many flaws, i'd just wet sand, but if you do need to remove material, just make sure you finish with a nice high grit. also the color choice will affect how high of a grit you want to go. Eastwood company makes this stuff called "almost chrome" that i have used, and i went all the way to 800 grit due to the extreme shine and translucent quality of it. But are you actually going to powdercoat this yourself because it really isn't that hard.

nah i've got a cheap enuff powder coating place to go to.

so if the wheel is in decent enuff shape I don't need to take all the old powder off? I can just sand it smooth?

Dude I will just ask him when i go there today. Its not like it needs to be show finish. i think he just sandblasts em and coats em. Boggity Boo they'll be black.

Originally posted by iLLblazer



Dude I will just ask him when i go there today. Its not like it needs to be show finish. i think he just sandblasts em and coats em. Boggity Boo they'll be black.

That would be fantastical if you could ask him.

thanks.

i was just offering my personal experience, the quality is in the prepping.