fimi7
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 02:12 PM |
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Powder Coat the sheet for the Floor?
I am considering powder coating the sheet for the floor (both in and out). How tough is a powder coating? Actually considering drilling all the
sheets, cutting all the access panels then powder coat all the panels. Will it last?
--- Ali
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danny keenan
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 02:25 PM |
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yes it will last we do it on all our factory buit cars now.
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indykid
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 02:37 PM |
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Unless your panels are steel, it's unnecessary and will look worse with wear than bare aluminium sheet once scuffed and scratched from feet.
If you predrill all the panels, then have them powdercoated, you'll either have to drill your holes oversize to account for the thickness of the
powder coat (and give inferior mechanical location) or clean out every hole after coating.
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austin man
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 03:15 PM |
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I have bare alluminium on my floor pan powdercoated does look good. Personally if I had a powder coated floor I would place skate tape to it due to
how slippery it can become. I will be doing this on my alluminium floor where my heels touch
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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ReMan
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 04:11 PM |
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Sorry just can't see why you'd want (or need) to?
Especially the outside?
www.plusnine.co.uk
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loggyboy
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 04:20 PM |
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I'll be doing this shortly on the Striker, Ive just orded some clear coat and some orange flake from Electrostatic magic to do some trials on
how the combo of black and orange flake will look, or just a clear gloss on the bare aluminium will look.
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indykid
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 04:22 PM |
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If MK have started taking the blue covering off the ally, their factory car floors should look infinitely better  
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 04:28 PM |
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Powder coating is only as good as the preparation . I spent last winter stripping my car to the bare chassis and having what remained of the powder
coating blasted off.
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fimi7
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 04:33 PM |
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ReMan
-- My main aim was to keep the panel looking good. Do not really like the bare ally look. I have a plan to do all the panels. I have looked at clear
coat protecting films and still not happy. With the powder coat, I have some options..
Outside I would agree might be optional, really depends on the cost.
--- Ali
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mads
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 06:54 PM |
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on the inside of my floor I've used protectakote anti-slip paint to a) not be bare metal and b) avoid slipping. the finish is pretty good and
wasn't too expensive. on the underside I've used underseal (i know a lot of people say not to but i'd rather not risk water ingress
etc).
We gain knowledge faster than we do wisdom!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
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