Powder Coated Unsilenced Air Cleaner

[B5 Charger]

After a couple unsuccessful attempts at powder coating my unsilenced air cleaner lid myself I decided to take it to the local shop.  I couldn't get the black wrinkle to come out right.  They did a great job so I thought I'd share a couple pictures.  If anybody is looking for a good powder coater in NW Missouri I recommend Midwest Metal Finishing.  I did the base in the pictures myself.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Midwest-Metal-Finishing-Custom-Powder-Coating/181040105277997?sk=wall

[HeavyFuel]

Very nice.  


I didn't know that powder coating could be done to get a wrinkle finish.

[bull]

 

I have to ask, how do you remove powder coating? Media blasting?

[PlainfieldCharger]

  That is one nice looking powder coat job!

[Dino]

Holy cow that's nice!

I have to ask, how do you remove powder coating? Media blasting?

That would do it and I suppose chemical stripping would work but I'm not sure on that.

[crj1968]

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Me either. Looks great!   

[B5 Charger]

I have to ask, how do you remove powder coating? Media blasting?

The pro's have a chemical they can dip the parts in to take it off or they can super heat the parts to burn it off.  Media blasting would take a long time.  I've tried glass beading it and it won't touch it.  I personally stripped powder coat off this air cleaner lid twice using aircraft stripper from the auto parts store.  It's a slow and labor intensive process but it will work.  Mar-Hyde used to make a stripper called Tal-Strip that worked real fast but Mar-Hyde sold out to another company and you can't get it anymore.  Came in a spray can and O'Reilly sold it right on the shelf. 

[Dino]

I have to ask, how do you remove powder coating? Media blasting?

The pro's have a chemical they can dip the parts in to take it off or they can super heat the parts to burn it off.  Media blasting would take a long time.  I've tried glass beading it and it won't touch it.  I personally stripped powder coat off this air cleaner lid twice using aircraft stripper from the auto parts store.  It's a slow and labor intensive process but it will work.  Mar-Hyde used to make a stripper called Tal-Strip that worked real fast but Mar-Hyde sold out to another company and you can't get it anymore.  Came in a spray can and O'Reilly sold it right on the shelf. 

Yeah the old Tal-Strip was the best.   

I've blasted powder coating in the old days of using coarse sand and it worked fine.  A while back I tried a small piece with aluminum oxide and no go, it barely took the shine off.

[B5 Charger]

Tal-Strip wrinkled that powder coat up in just a few minutes and it would just peel off.  Miss that stuff...

[B5 Charger]

Picked up some more powder coated parts from Midwest metal.  My spare tire rim, front valance bracket, front and rear bumper brackets all in semi-gloss black.  The pictures don't do them justice.

[six-tee-nine]

Almost a shame to hide those bumper brackets under the fenders. Bet those will last quite some time.

[RIDELIKEHELL]

Very nice!

[B5 Charger]

One last picture of the air cleaner all decked out in her Sunday best.  Then off to the land of Styrofoam peanuts in the parts room...