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Mikef5000
| Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 11:20 pm: |
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I have a WP rear shock, and the spring happens to be ugly and white. Is there a (spray or brush on) paint that will stick to a spring (after I sand it)? Something that will hold up to the movement? If not, would standard powder coat stick to it? |
Etennuly
| Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 11:33 pm: |
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For all the more a coil spring moves nearly any spray can stuff will work when properly prepared. |
99cyclone
| Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 07:55 am: |
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Powder coating is a great option for springs. |
Road_thing
| Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 08:27 am: |
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These guys say their stuff is flexible and works well on springs, although I haven't personally painted a spring with it. I've just painted an S1 frame with it and it certainly seems to be very hard and chip-resistant. Goes on nice, too, very nice flow-out and gloss with the "hardnose" paint. I'm going to use it on some other projects based on my positive impression so far. rt |
Thumper74
| Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 10:38 am: |
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Mike, if you'd like, I've got the stuff we can paint it with. In the grand scheme of things, I don't think a spring would move enough to crack/crinkle the paint. I've got a pint of black paint and some flex additive left over from when I sprayed some parts on the Focus. We could also just get any color you want, but you'd have to buy a pint... |
Jlnance
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 08:39 am: |
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Since I had to bring up the HPC website for another thread, let me plug them again: http://www.hpcoatings.com/am/products/products_fri ction.aspx Scroll about half way down for springs. |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 09:07 am: |
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I find that the Eastwood Company is another good source for materials and techniques for almost any type of automotive refinishing. http://www.eastwoodco.com/index.jsp?cm_mmc=PMD_SE- _-Google-_-Brand_General-_-eastwood_company_ |
Mr_grumpy
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 01:15 pm: |
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Hammerite |
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