base clear over powder coat? - Lateral-g Forums

E.rodz · #1 03-03-2010, 12:31 PM

anyone paint a base clear over powder coating? looking to do somthing different.the bare metal will be clear powder coat. and i would like to know if a base clear can be applied over powder coat with out wrinkeling the powder coat.hope someone has done this with success before I try this.

elitecustombody · #2 03-03-2010, 02:41 PM

I've done it many times, but over colored powdercoating, which is still same ,it won't wrinkle, but if you're still concerned about wrinkling, just don't load on bunch of material, let it flash between coats

E.rodz · #3 03-04-2010, 04:58 PM

thanks for the insight. posted this up after the other day when I painted a sm. tool box that I am going to use under my bench and painted it a couple of days prior and decided to make it a little more glossy so I just used a spray bomb can of clear and within minutes it completely wrinkled up.the clear was not even catylized hope this doesn't happen to the bike that I want to use this technique for.

elitecustombody · #4 03-04-2010, 06:12 PM

are you sure you sprayed over powdercoat? You can do a tack coat with accelerator in clear ,let it flash 10-15 minutes following with wet coat.

slamdimpala · #5 03-04-2010, 09:47 PM

If i remember right the car f-bomb had its body powdercoated before the body work was done. So i dont see any problems with it. Good luck.

55Sedan · #6 03-05-2010, 12:35 AM

Okay, I am not as experienced as many here, but I am also not shy so I will ask, "Why paint clear over powder coat?". I have had frames and suspension parts clear coated and they looked great. And now you can get just about any color and sheen you want. Powder coating is much more durable than paint, right? Why put a lighter duty finish over a heavy duty finish?

Unless... paint can be cut and polished, but I do not know if powder coating can? Is it for sheen and mirror smooth finish? (If so, maybe I am smarter than I think!

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Larry

E.rodz · #7 03-06-2010, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by elitecustombody

are you sure you sprayed over powdercoat? You can do a tack coat with accelerator in clear ,let it flash 10-15 minutes following with wet coat.

no it was not powder coat just wanted to make shure this wouldn't happen over powdercoat. thanks for the input.