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Mark Devereux (Groupw)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 11:42 am: | 
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Alright, after months of toiling over the rear bumper decision, its finally ordered. My final question is: paint or powder coat? I have experience with both, but was curious about the opinion of the masses. Is it worth it to powder coat something that will get bashed, or should I stick to paint for reasons of touch-up ease? |
Chris Browne
| | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 04:12 pm: |
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I'm with you bro...I toyed with galvanized, powdercoat and paint until I looked at the cost of powdercoating and decided that a good corroless and por 15 type paint was the smartest and cheapest thing to go with |
Brian Dickens (Bri)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 05:19 pm: |
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If you are going to use your rear bumber for coming off ledges and jacking. As well as a nice resting point when going up something really steep, then I would recommend paint. Powder coating will eventually crack and peel with that kind of abuse. You will be able to sand, prime and repaint very easily. Powder coating is tough to repair.
IHMO, that is.
Brian |
john vigg (Johnvigg)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 08:04 pm: |
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Rhino Liner,
it touches up seamlessly and really holds up to abuse |
Ron
| | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 08:52 pm: |
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Galvanize then cover with premium undercoat.
Ron |
Greg B in ATL
| | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 09:25 pm: |
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I would avoid powder coating a bumper.
Try NAPA's #8400 rubberized undercoat in 16 oz spray cans. Same basic material as Rhino coating that you can easily touch-up yourself. |
Mark Devereux (Groupw)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 10:32 pm: |
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Rubberized undercoat?? I'm having trouble picturing that on the outside of my truck. Do you know anyone who has done this? |
nick
| | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 10:35 pm: |
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Since you are on the subject of Powdercoat versus
painting ,how about some of opinions on the brushbar. Paint or powdercoat? |
Michael Noe (Noee)
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 06:39 am: |
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I use that NAPA rubberized stuff to "repair" blemishes on my sliders (RTE) and other spots underneath that get scraped or banged. It's pretty solid stuff and if you're careful applying it, the results can be above average.
I'm getting an unfinished rear bumper as well and I am definitely going the paint or "undercoat" route for the reasons listed above. |
Greg Davis (Gregdavis)
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 08:25 am: |
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I paint all of my stuff for the same reasons. When a powder coated item gets scratched or chipped, it's tough to repair. With paint, all you do is sand lightly, shake the can, and spray. Presto, like-new finish! Well, kind of like new. |
Pete
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 07:55 pm: |
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Yea thats why I like Rustoleum Flat Black, I have used it on my brushbar(underneath where the caps used to be)frame, tow hitch, anything that gets banged, paint is better. Of course the LR brushbar is powercoat, I think ??, but I spray it anyway!! |
Brian Dickens (Bri)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 - 07:43 am: |
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Point is you really cannot repair the powder coat, so you use paint. Would have been nice to have that brush bar painted no?
Krylon makes some Ultra Flat especially for vehicles. Comes in many shades for camo. Nice stuff but pretty difficult to get an even coat over large areas with a spray can and laquer paint. |
Ricardo Palomino (Palomino)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 06:24 pm: |
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I painted my front ARB with plasti-kote truck bed liner over one year ago and it is holding up great. It hasn't faded in the Florida sun and I've been able to touch it up w/o having to resand the bumper. Also you can put armor-all on it and it will not have any steaking. it looks great. I will be refinishing my rocksliders wiyh it as soon as I get the time.
I bought it at Discount Auto but I'm sure some other auto parts stores sell it.
plasti-kote
truck bed liner
265 black
Rico |
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