i have just finished my wishbone and was wondering paint or powder coating. could do with somme pro's and con's cheers and thanks.

Powder coating. Looks better and lasts longer than paint. Find the right place and it probably doesn't cost much more either........

Phil

Just noticed that's your first post... A big WELCOME to the Nuthouse

[Edited on 31-10-10 by Hellfire]

I agree with the Haynes lads!

I chose paint so I could touch them up and think they'd be easier to inspect for damage.

Welcome aboard though mate.

Cheers

Rich

many thanks for the warm welcome and this is the first of many posts once i get stuck.

Powder coating is good if it is done well, a lot of the time t isn't done well.

Welcome to the fold,

But YOU MUST add were you are, as you will find it sooooooo helpfull

Steve

Pros & cons.....
Powder coat looks good and is durable up to the point there is a small crack or split, water gets under the coating then before you know it large areas flake off, your onlycourse of action at this point is to take off the part and strip it back to bare metal.
A painted pert can be rubbed down in situ and touched up with a brush usually taking now more than a few mins

For powder coating to be durable the surface needs to br shotblasted first, followed by a primer powder coat and then a top finish coat.

powdercoat is nearly always cheaper than paint in my experience, todays quality of work is far better than the old days of orange peel jobs

its a good easy and effective way to finish meatl in my opinion, and it is also an excellent base coat for a paint job.

I have flatted powdercoat, then gone over it with 2k lacquer with metal flake in it, great effect, glassy finish, and far cheaper than paint

also they are now in RAL colours so you can match it with paint no problems should you so wish

any coating place worth using will blast, coat with a zinc rich primer, the colour coat.

[Edited on 1/11/10 by tony-devon]