Hi!,
I have a second hand (but unbuilt) Velocity chassis that is showing a few signs of the powder coating lifting. I can't decide whether to build as is or get the existing coating off and powder coat again. Anyone had powder coating removed and then the chassis re-painted.
What sort of cost should I plan for including the wishbones.......

thanks
Dave B.

[Edited on 24/2/05 by Dave Bailey]

hi, i had my chassis shotblasted and primed for £60 cash in hand job
just ask around local shotblasters i'm sure someone will do it cheap
Cheers

Thanks.........

I have called a few local powder coating companies and all of them advised differently. The only price I have at the moment is £400 to clean off, prime and epoxy two pack. No guarantee that they could get the existing powder coat off.

Pondering on whether the final finish will
be worse than I have now.

Anyone experienced how the Velocity powder coat stands up to general road use.....

thanks

I wonder what would happen if you bought several tins of nitromorse then painted that on. Would it lift the powder coat off easily ?

I asked a local powdercoater if they'd sandblast and repaint a rusted, powdercoated screen door. They said by the time they got the powercoat off and it painted, I'd have paid more then just getting a new door...

So at least in this case, they wanted to blast the old powdercoat off first.

Having been this route before, the problems that can be ecountered are:

Paint stripper will often not remove PC

Approach i adopted was to have the chassis hot caustic dipped (furniture firm - use on pine etc)
This removes the majority of the PC

The blast clean

expect to spend £100 getting the chassis back to clean metal

Then expect about £150 for etch prime and professional powder coating (whic should not peel!)

[Edited on 25/2/05 by Terrapin_racing]

Thanks for all of the responses!

I have spoken to a local company who say they can get the powder off by grit blasting. They then will metal spray and powder the chassis and wishbones all for £300. The process is then good for 10 - 15 years they say. They use a material designed for sea water locations. If it turns out as good as they say it will be money well spent.