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Topic: Poll: should i paint or powdercoat? (Read 232 times)
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jimmyb
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paint because if you ever have to do any work that requires grinding or welding, you will make you life easy. I powdercoated a chassis once and regreted  it after there was some welding after the fact. |
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 Blown 572 Hemi Work in progrees Engine by Dram |
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moparrr07
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paint is easy to fix, once powder coat begins to flake, its over
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'72 Duster: daily driver in 3 seasons, paid for, insured by and gased up, all by my 17 year old salary
225, 7 1/4, working on 451, and 8 3/4
brakes, 11 3/4
60-0: 105 ft.
cornering gs: estimate: .90
50% custom interior
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sunsetdart
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Paint is easy to touch up if you have a chip or scratch. But powder is so much more durable. The one thing to remember is that the dash is sheet metal, and it must be heated to 365 degF to be powdered, so will that distort? If it does it may not fit back in exactly .....Something to think about.
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redfastback
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as previously mentioned, paint can be touched up. it can also be wetsanded to a better finish. powdercoat, even done well, will always have a slight orange peel effect. not good on a dash.
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I'm sorry.......but is that YOUR disgustang parked next to my cuda? The law requires at least 2 parking spaces between mustangs and cudas.
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thebankerstoy
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Excellent thread for me, as I'm going to be restoring the interior in my 66 Coronet soon and was wondering the same thing for my dash. GREAT point about heating up the thin sheet metal and then maybe not having a good fit after powder coating it. I think I will paint mine, as I'm going with the factory mat finish, so powder coating probably wouldn't work for a non glossy finish anyway right?
Richard
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When I die, I'm taking my 66 Coronet 500 WITH me! God member on old forum with 1276 posts  |
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1966 Coronet Interior #2 - May 2006 .jpg