Looking for pictures of black painted factory wheels

Fouledplugs said:
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The real problem is there are different grades or something. Some are harder than others. I've seen powdercoat hard as a rock and some as soft as paint. We now paint a lot of parts where i work because the powder guys couldn't make it hard. Of course we're talking about 2000 lb chunks of steel 7 inches thick. It's all in the powder choice and oven.
 
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We now paint a lot of parts where i work because the powder guys couldn't make it hard.
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Maybe they need help.....
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Steel City 06 said:
Be very cautious when having anything aluminum powder coated. If the wheel or other part is heat treated for strength, high temperature powder coating can alter the grain structure of the metal and significantly weaken it.

Best thing would be to check with the manufacturer of the wheel if it can be powdercoated. Otherwise, check with your shop to see if they do low-temperature coating. If not, use paint or some other low/no heat process.
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Are oem wrangler cast aluminum wheels heat treated?
 
dudehitt said:
The real problem is there are different grades or something. Some are harder than others. I've seen powdercoat hard as a rock and some as soft as paint. We now paint a lot of parts where i work because the powder guys couldn't make it hard. Of course we're talking about 2000 lb chunks of steel 7 inches thick. It's all in the powder choice and oven.
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This thread is about wheels.
Never heard of anyone coming through our shop with powdecoated wheel issues. My boss said most all aluminum wheels from the factory are powdercoated.
 
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MallCrawlOnTons said:
This thread is about wheels.
Never heard of anyone coming through our shop with powdecoated wheel issues. My boss said most all aluminum wheels from the factory are powdercoated.
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I'mjust saying make sure your powder guy knows what he's doing and does a lot of wheels. If not done right it's no different than paint.
 
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MallCrawlOnTons said:
Do you think a powder coat business would stay afloat if they didn’t know how to powder coat wheels?

Edit: just use common sense
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How long can you wait for parts? How much can you pay? Maybe the industrial world i live in is different, but it's not always easy to find good shops and we have to meet shipping dates. We send parts to anodize on the same pallet and they come back different colors. That company has 20 years in business. I could chip the powdercoat off parts from another company with my fingernail. Paint is better than that. Just because the oven is big enough doesn't mean they can do it right. Machine shops are always sending us parts that have supposedly been inspected by the fanciest cmm but they won't go together. Just make sure the shop you give your stuff to knows what you expect, they can make it happen, and somebody else can verify that. That's the point.
 
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How long can you wait for parts? How much can you pay? Maybe the industrial world i live in is different, but it's not always easy to find good shops and we have to meet shipping dates. We send parts to anodize on the same pallet and they come back different colors. That company has 20 years in business. I could chip the powdercoat off parts from another company with my fingernail. Paint is better than that. Just because the oven is big enough doesn't mean they can do it right. Machine shops are always sending us parts that have supposedly been inspected by the fanciest cmm but they won't go together. Just make sure the shop you give your stuff to knows what you expect, they can make it happen, and somebody else can verify that. That's the point.
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Don’t see the need for this in this useless info. Anodizing? Who cares.
Powder coat chipping with a fingernail? Cmon.
You got a bad taste in your mouth and you have let it affect your whole outlook on powder coating in general. So much as so to say powder coating is a joke.

Next time you walk in the mall, look at all the powder coated wheels in the parking lot and notice all the flaking. (Read sarcasm)
 
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