Frame Painting?
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I have a 400ex and when i bought it used it had blue racing plastic along with it. My frame has started to rust so I have pulled everything out of it but not I dont know what to do. What is powdercoating? Do i need it. My neighbor suggested that I get some steel wool and sand down the frame, prime it, and then get some paint that can withstand hi temperatures. DO i have to powdercoat? THanks
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If I were you, I would have it sandblasted and powdercoated. If you look around in your area, you can usually find a place that will sandblast a frame for around $50, and a place to powdercoat for around $75. If you have trouble finding a place to powdercoat your frame, look for a place that does teflon coating on tooling(plastics manufacturing), they are usually set up for powdercoating also. If you find an industrial place that doesn't advertise "powdercoating atv frames", and talk nice to the guy on phone, they will usually do it for you pretty cheap compared to what you find advertised in the back of the magazines.
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It won't be "weak" but the paint will be.
Paint tends to chip off easy, while powder coating is very durable. Besides that i've never found any type of spray paint that is durable enough, so if you are going to paint it then you'll have to get automotive quality paint which will cost just as much as powdercoating and you still won't have as good a finish.
mike
Paint tends to chip off easy, while powder coating is very durable. Besides that i've never found any type of spray paint that is durable enough, so if you are going to paint it then you'll have to get automotive quality paint which will cost just as much as powdercoating and you still won't have as good a finish.
mike
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Derek, Powdercoating works great, no you dont really need it but if you just paint your frame the paint will come off as it is now. If you get in powercoated it will look and last longer like new. Anodizing stays on even better than powdercoating but either hold up better than regular paint.