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Author Message   Kenney83 Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 08:55 pm:        I am about to get my wheels, foot pegs and heel guards powder coated black. I am keeping the rest of the frame silver. Any way when I bring the wheels to the powder coater where should I mask off so reassembly is easy and everything goes together nicely. I would assume where the bearings go in the wheel. what about where the rotor and pully mount to? just want to check, thanks for the help. Kenney   Ratbuell Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 11:14 pm:        Mask where the bearings press in. Put corks (yes, corks - you can get them small-size at craft stores) in any hole that's threaded for a bolt. Basically, any spot that interfaces with another part...you want it protected from powder. If the wheel has a non-coated area where the pulley mounts in addition to just the bolt holes...mask it. Duplicate the coverage. Same thing with the flats where the front brake rotor mounts. Keep 'em clean. Easier to tape off now than it is to scrape and grind later   Hammer71 Posted on Friday, February 04, 2011 - 01:17 am:        Dont touch a thing. Just make sure the coater knows what and what not to coat. The reason for this is that he should be blasting a light profile on the parts then phosphating them. If the parts are masked already he is either going to remove it all or worse yet would be to leave it and not do a proper prep.   Sifo Posted on Friday, February 04, 2011 - 06:48 am:        Dont touch a thing. Just make sure the coater knows what and what not to coat. The reason for this is that he should be blasting a light profile on the parts then phosphating them. If the parts are masked already he is either going to remove it all or worse yet would be to leave it and not do a proper prep. +1 You certainly expect him to stand behind his work. Any refinishing job starts with proper prep work. A good professional isn't going to stake his reputation on your prep work. They don't mask with masking tape either. The tape and adhesive needs to deal with being baked in the oven.   Kenney83 Posted on Friday, February 04, 2011 - 07:06 am:        thanks for the help I just wanted to make sure I tell him what not to coat. I have seen some of this guys work it is pretty nice stuff. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Krazy-Koatz-Powdercoating/311279136518

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