At a Christmas party we attended my daughter-in-laws' son offered to sand blast and powder coat the frame of my current project. He told me to strip it down to a rolling chassis and trailer it over to his father's shop. We rolled it off the trailer and a big fork lift took it to the sand blasting area. I have never had anything powder coated and have been doing some research on it. A few things I have a question or comment about. I am hoping that some of you have been through this procedure and can give me some advice.
1. I told him I was concerned about being able to get a good ground and that I figured I'd have to grind down to pure metal. He said to let them know if I knew where I'd like the grounding done and they would grind that area down to shinny steel and put a round patch on it and the P.C. would not effect it. I can pull the patch off later when I am installing the ground wire.
2. I told him I was concerned about the threads being P.C.'d as it may effect the diameter. He said they would put a sleeve over the threads in the bolts and in the nuts to protect the threads from the P.C.
3. He is going to have all the small parts I took off the frame sand blasted in a cabinet and P.C. them. He looked at the box of parts I took him and said he needed to take a "before" picture with his phone and said they will be going from ugly to pretty.
4. I will be going over there next week to take the upper and lower control arms off. I've never down this but it looks like an internal spring compressor should take care of the springs during this procedure.
5. I plan to remove the steering knuckle assembly from the control arms and have the control arms P.C.d. My concern is if the 400 degree oven will mess up the inner bushings. They are in pretty good shape but if they get ruined I'll have to replace them. I figure it is best to keep the old ones in place so that the P.C. does not mess up the diameter if they have to be replaced.
6. In back, I think I should remove the u-bolts and the rear springs which will leave only the frame.
7. Do you think I can have the rear springs P.C.d still tied together or should I break them down to individual springs.
8. I think if I can remove the rear hub and backing plate for the springs the rear end should be able to be P.C.d
9. I plan to have the front springs P.C.d. I have read a couple places where this is OK and a couple of places where I should not. I guess if the P.C. is flexible enough to stick to the springs it should be OK.
10. He is going to P.C. the bat wing.
I think this is all the questions/comments I have at this time. If anyone can add their knowledge or experience for what I should or should not do, I'd appreciate it.
Thank you,
Charlie D.
1. I told him I was concerned about being able to get a good ground and that I figured I'd have to grind down to pure metal. He said to let them know if I knew where I'd like the grounding done and they would grind that area down to shinny steel and put a round patch on it and the P.C. would not effect it. I can pull the patch off later when I am installing the ground wire.
2. I told him I was concerned about the threads being P.C.'d as it may effect the diameter. He said they would put a sleeve over the threads in the bolts and in the nuts to protect the threads from the P.C.
3. He is going to have all the small parts I took off the frame sand blasted in a cabinet and P.C. them. He looked at the box of parts I took him and said he needed to take a "before" picture with his phone and said they will be going from ugly to pretty.
4. I will be going over there next week to take the upper and lower control arms off. I've never down this but it looks like an internal spring compressor should take care of the springs during this procedure.
5. I plan to remove the steering knuckle assembly from the control arms and have the control arms P.C.d. My concern is if the 400 degree oven will mess up the inner bushings. They are in pretty good shape but if they get ruined I'll have to replace them. I figure it is best to keep the old ones in place so that the P.C. does not mess up the diameter if they have to be replaced.
6. In back, I think I should remove the u-bolts and the rear springs which will leave only the frame.
7. Do you think I can have the rear springs P.C.d still tied together or should I break them down to individual springs.
8. I think if I can remove the rear hub and backing plate for the springs the rear end should be able to be P.C.d
9. I plan to have the front springs P.C.d. I have read a couple places where this is OK and a couple of places where I should not. I guess if the P.C. is flexible enough to stick to the springs it should be OK.
10. He is going to P.C. the bat wing.
I think this is all the questions/comments I have at this time. If anyone can add their knowledge or experience for what I should or should not do, I'd appreciate it.
Thank you,
Charlie D.
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