Paint over powdercoat

randy lahey

randy lahey

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I'm almost at the stage of painting my gas tank. I'm planning on doing it black on the bottom, and white on the top. To get the black, I had the thought to get it powdercoated with some other stuff getting coated at the same time, then painting the top white after. I've heard that powdercoat makes a good base. Obviously I'm not a knowledgeable painter, so I'm just wondering if this is a good idea, and how to go about it.
 
randy lahey said:
I'm almost at the stage of painting my gas tank. I'm planning on doing it black on the bottom, and white on the top. To get the black, I had the thought to get it powdercoated with some other stuff getting coated at the same time, then painting the top white after. I've heard that powdercoat makes a good base. Obviously I'm not a knowledgeable painter, so I'm just wondering if this is a good idea, and how to go about it.
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You can.... or your powdercoater can do it two tone. Either way, have another burger and calm down. ;)


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You are correct, powder is done as a base for paint by many painters. Once cured it can be treated the same as paint by color sanding and polishing to bring to a mirror finish. I have found paint to be quite a bit more expensive than paint, so it might be cheaper to have the powder coater do the 2 tone.
 
And of course some tanks are two piece tanks. My PC guy has seen them fall into the two pieces in the oven.....
 
TheCoffeeGuy said:
And of course some tanks are two piece tanks. My PC guy has seen them fall into the two pieces in the oven.....
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I doubt it was a tank made in the last 50 years. The only way I see that happening is if the tank was originally soldered together. Don't know of any tanks since the 70's that were made that way.
 
The place I go to for power is an industrial shop that they basically throw it in with the next batch, so I don't exactly get a custom finish, just black. But it is cheap. Figure just use a spray bomb on top of the powder after scuffing it. I'm just not sure if I should use a primer, or an adhesion promoter, or any recommended brands of spray paint.
 
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