Powder Coating (How Durable)

I have some stuff on the trailer that is powder coated along with some stuff that is just painted close to my bulk and mix tanks and the Bandit.

The powdercoated stuff eventually gave in to the fumes but the painted stuff gave in very quickly.

Motor or pump bases......The bandit is an aluminum base and held up great, even when I disconnected the hoses to replace some designs I tried out for different placements of the tanks and hose reels which caused a lot of the love to get dumped when the hoses emptied.

I am on the Gulf of Mexico and in the hot Texas sun most of the year so we always have high humidity and when water or chemicals spill, they evaporate quickly.

The next things that can, will have aluminum pump or motor bases, they are holding up great. The others, I will try to have them sandblasted and then powder coated.

Seems like if you had a shop where you had a sand blasting booth with breathing air and hoods, you could do the cleanup and have a room with a large oven or heating system so you can do powder coating and then bake it on for the required time. I have not seen anyone here doing that.

Seems like powdercoating is the way to go for most equipment.





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Thanks Chris, I figured it would eventually give up to the chlorine but I do try and limit my sloppiness. I think I will go with the powder coating and see how it works out. They sell kits for like around $100.00 or so from eastwood that I may even try. I could see me powder coating hand tools and things like that.

Jeff
 
My machines are all powder coated. They last longer yhan paint but not forever.
 
I have thought about having my next trailer sprayed with Linex or something that is equivalent. I figured you could do the framework of any type of equipment with it also. Probably mucho $$$, but in the long run it would be worth it.
 
The Urethane will last longer than the metal. If you are going the Eastwood route, look at teh ceramic paint that they sell. It is some tough stuff.
 
Yea, maybe I will check into the bed liner, never really thought of that. Although the powder coating does look like fun, even doing hand tools and such. Thanks everyone! I did consider epoxy but not sure if they sell epoxy paints in less than a gallon kit.

Scott, is the ceramic paint a different quality of powder coat, or is it a different product all together, like a spray application?

Jeff
 
Powder coating is the way to go.. I used to powder coat utility trailers and you can't hurt them with the powder coating.
 
My thoughts exactly Chris. I guess this is where the old saying..."Form follows function"... comes in. I may do the engine frame with the liner but I still may want to powder coat a few small things. Just looks like fun.

Jeff
 
I like the liner also, that is some tough stuff. If your friendly with a shop you might get them to make you a deal bringing a bunch of small items, especially if you could prep it yourself.
 
Our entire trailer is powder coated to 5 to 6 mil thick. Had 1 coat of primer, then 2 of yellow color then 3 coats of clear coats. The only problem is that if it chips, you cannot fix it to look like new unlike paint can. Coat for Coat, Paint is thinner.

Also, just not any paint will adhere to the powder coat. We do have touch up spray paint. It cost us $16 per can, plus tax. However it is a perfect match. It appears to be a lacquer base paint, though I am not certain.

In years past, we had the trailers just painted as everyone else. They seem to last about 3-5 years before the high gloss starts to fade, and the paint dose not "feel as new".

The other trailer we sold was powder coated in 2002/2003, the gloss is still very actively glossy and the finish feels thick. You touch the powder coat and if feels " Thicker" than an average painted trailer.

In my opinion, if you have access to an oven big enough for the trailer, coat for coat, Powder Coating is the way to go.
 
Powder coating is a dry finishing process, using finely ground particles of pigment and resin that are generally electrostatically charged and sprayed onto electrically grounded parts. The charged powder particles adhere to the parts and are held there until melted and fused into a smooth coating in a curing oven. Before coating, the parts to be coated are first pretreated similarly to conventional liquid coated parts. The pretreatment process is normally conducted in series with the coating and curing operations.

There is essentially two common ways of applying powder coating: by electrostatic spray and by fluidized bed powder coating. There are several other processes that have been developed, but they are far less used. These include flame spraying, spraying with a plasma gun, airless hot spray, and coating by electophoretic deposition.

The following is a good link to find info http://www.finishing.com/Library/pennisi/powder.html
 
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