Can you powdercoat a whole car?

[BigMuz]

Chassis: sandblast and dip in a tank to prepare for the coating, immediately rinse and apply powder in and out to the 10mm steel plate. Bake for half an hour at 250 degrees c.

The ovens would fit a chassis on its side easy. That is heaps different to a whole car body. Plus what car body would take being heated to almost glowing (exaggeration) for half an hour?

[lumpy]

You could go the hammer finish route. That shit hides scratches like there is no tomorrow... Looks pretty dodge in a year though. And good luck getting it off for the next paintjob :D

I just did a heap of roller doors using an industrial polyurethane over etch prime. I had a bit left over so I painted my truck. Two days after painting it my ladder blew over in the wind and landed on the door of the truck. Not a mark. Seriously tough... How do you like Millenium White or DAF Green :D

A mate painted his car in hammer finish. It really hid the imperfections by making the whole car look like shit! Luckily it was only on a sigma.

Poly-u-400 (or 500) for the win! It even comes in black! I may even consider providing it for nix in return for some signage on the car

[BigMuz]

Deal~!!111Eleven

I'll even paint it (No I won't)

[lumpy]

I think some stickers like "Wattyl I hit next?" or "Wattyl I break next?" would look great!

We have some signage on the V8 team kiwi car organised by our NZ operation. Cost much less than you'd think...

[carcrazy]

Guy on oldholden.com has powdercoated a hz 1 tonner cab inside and out, looks completely shithouse.

[edo]

A mate painted his car in hammer finish. It really hid the imperfections by making the whole car look like shit! Luckily it was only on a sigma.

Poly-u-400 (or 500) for the win! It even comes in black! I may even consider providing it for nix in return for some signage on the car

I dont actually know what poly-u-400 is...can you give me a clue?

Sounds like a good offer. Dont care what the stickers say if they are paid for! At this stage classic Adelaide next year is the aim for the cars debut.

C,mon muz...you can paint it...I'll bring beer!

[BigMuz]

Poly U 400 is a recoatable (semi) high build 2 pack polyurethane. We use it on exterior steelwork that demands a top finish that is durable as hell.

It is related to the automotive products that are usually used for body work but this one is applied at 100 microns wet which is 50 microns dry, so about double the thickness of the ususal auto paint. It is really tough and good gloss, though it doesn'ty lay as flat as the thinner products (obviously) It can be cut and buffed and there is a clear coat but that would be additional weight and dollars that you can probably avoid.

[edo]

So its mega tough thick paint?

It sounds like a good idea, patricularly inside & underneath where paint gets knocked around. Can paint really add that much weight?

[lumpy]

How much does a 4lt can of paint weigh? About 5 kg. Once solvent has evaporated you've probably got 2kg of weight.

The poly-u-400 may be an advantage on a race/classic rally car because its damn tough, pretty thick and you could even carry a bit around in your support vehicle to touching up damage with a brush without it look too shithouse. It's technically not Auto paint though (but so damn close it wouldn't matter).

If you're really serious let me know - I could arrange some product and maybe a little sticker.

[jesus]

as in difficult, like licking your elbow?

dammit i been trying to do this for an hour since i read this post, you cant do it, its imposible

[edo]

How much does a 4lt can of paint weigh? About 5 kg. Once solvent has evaporated you've probably got 2kg of weight.

The poly-u-400 may be an advantage on a race/classic rally car because its damn tough, pretty thick and you could even carry a bit around in your support vehicle to touching up damage with a brush without it look too shithouse. It's technically not Auto paint though (but so damn close it wouldn't matter).

If you're really serious let me know - I could arrange some product and maybe a little sticker.

Sounds good to me! Thanks for the offer.

I just need to twist Muzz's arm to put it on.

[Ben Wilson]

I want black!

Blackboard paint, then give all the kiddies chalk and go nuts before each event :D

[floody]

If they can do a truck chassis/one tonne chassis they should be able to a car. just got to find someone out there.

An acquaintance of mine is/was setup to do all sorts of odd sized powdercoat stuff, from miniscule to massive. He powdercoated a complete off road buggy chassis a while back, as in Honda engined, full size desert buggy.

But it would be farkin hideous on panels.

[fro]

The poly-u-400 may be an advantage on a race/classic rally car because its damn tough, pretty thick and you could even carry a bit around in your support vehicle to touching up damage with a brush without it look too shithouse. It's technically not Auto paint though (but so damn close it wouldn't matter).

This is sounding pretty tempting? Website with colours available? How many dollars for 5ltrs? Is 5 ltrs enough to do the panels of a car?

Is it anything like lustrethane(sp?)? Smee raves on about using lustrethane for the underbody and interior of his rally cars, and it does seem to hold up remarkably well. Apparently, they use it on the ACTION bus fleet...

[lumpy]

This is sounding pretty tempting? Website with colours available? How many dollars for 5ltrs? Is 5 ltrs enough to do the panels of a car?

Is it anything like lustrethane(sp?)? Smee raves on about using lustrethane for the underbody and interior of his rally cars, and it does seem to hold up remarkably well. Apparently, they use it on the ACTION bus fleet...

Technically it's not auto paint (because we don't do auto/refinish stuff anymore) so the range of colours is very limited compared to auto and most are just solid colour (ie no pearl etc). There is a few metallic colours though.

http://www.wattyl.com.au/Applicators...ils.htm?Id=677

I haven't heard of lustrethane but there are many similar products from various manufactures in the Protective Coatings field.

You can buy it from Wattyl Industrial Trade Paint Centres - not every Wattyl TPC carries industrial products. It's 2K isocyanate cured so you'll need gloves/coveralls/mask and a spraybooth whilst spraying it.

I don't paint cars so I don't know how much you'll need!