[DeTomaso] FW: Powder coating Campy Clones - =?windows

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

My powder coated Campys look great.

They have about 40,000 street miles over 5-6 years.

Well, by "great", I mean the powder coating has held up very well.  There aren't any chips or cracks, not even on the bead after 3 tire changes.  One wheel has a small amount of blue overspray.  I was painting my engine block, and didn't notice a squirt of blue that apparently got on a wheel.  I'm sure it will come off easily, but I didn't notice it until I switched to Pantera East wheels - so the blue remains.

By the way, they are MUCH easier to clean than painted Campys. The powder coating does a great job of filling in the pores.


-----Original Message-----
>From: JDeRyke at aol.com
>Sent: Mar 7, 2010 2:00 PM
>To: lotus0005 at hotmail.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso]	FW:  Powder coating Campy Clones - =?windows
>
>In a message dated 3/7/10 5:58:20 AM, lotus0005 at hotmail.com writes:
>
>> Why not on wheels?  John Taphorn and I are looking at wheels for my car 
>> right now (Fikse - Classic - Mach V - black color), and John has run in to a 
>> couple of problems.
>> 
>I mentioned this because all wheels-of any material- flex a little in 
>cornering. Unless there's a flex-agent added to paint (especially thick paint as 
>in powder coating, eventual cracking of the coating can occur. Most flex 
>agents won't survive the 350-400F degrees of powder-paint cure- they boil off 
>during the cure process so no one I know uses the stuff. If you drive easy, 
>powder paint should last a long time. If you drive as the car was intended, 
>powder-paint life may be short. I've seen some chipped powder paint on 
>wheels- for whatever reason. Good luck- J DeRyke
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