Subject: RE: To Powder Coat or not?

The powdercoater I used told me to bring my parts in as is and he would
have them sandblasted before he powdered everything. He does it that was
because of the flash rust problem you get when parts sit bare for to
long. He also knew about plugging threaded holes and frame grounds. Any
GOOD powdercoater should know these things and tell you when you first
speak to them.

Paul
Midlothian, Va
MGNOC#19926
73 Eldo "Elvira" next project
74 Eldo "Daisy"

Mike wrote:

Good advice Skip....most "good" shops will reblast even if you bring the
part in ready to go....

EldoMike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Kologiski" <kkolo-@earthlink.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: To Powder Coat or not?

through my experience with powdercoaters I have 3 things I would
recommend.

1. Turn around time. I had some parts sandblasted and dropped them off
the
be coated. A few days later, I was dropping off a few more parts and
see
my
bare metal parts, now with surface rust laying in a box. I am sure they
were
not going to reblast the parts before coating. I would wait till they
were
going to able to coat them, that day before drooping them off as rust
will
effect the powdercoating.

2. Make sure your swing arm holes, motor mount holes, shock mounts, and
center stand holes are plugged. The best thing I gave found is to take
a
foam hair curler wrap it with duct tape and pull it through the holes.
If
not it will be hell when you go to put the bolts back in. Believe me I
know.

3. Make sure they do not put the coating on to thick as it will crack.
So
ask if they have done bike frames, and if possible ask around for
examples.

I know the hard way. I had a BSA frame done by the cheapest shop in town
and
it was a mess. It cracked in places because it was to thick, and I had
to
file and cut the coating away to get the bolts in the frame, and other
problems. The problem about a bad coating job is you just can sand it
off
and do over.

Skip & Jane Kologiski
Bird at The Wheel Vintage Motorcycle Stuff
http://home.earthlink.net/~kkologiski/bird.html
Central Florida Reps for the MGNOC (Moto Guzzi National Owners Club).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott J. Grupe" <sjgr-@direcway.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: To Powder Coat or not?

Gonna take all my parts and frame to powder coat shop this week.

scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim R" <tf-@gte.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 8:25 AM
Subject: To Powder Coat or not?

have my eldo all stripped down for complete re-build. Any opinions as
to the benefits/consequences of powder coat on the frame, etc.? I
hear
it is very durable.

Tim

Subject: RE: To Powder Coat or not?

Author: Custom Guzzi

Date: Feb 16, 2004, 3:50 PM

Post ID: 1716059767

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