Powder coat
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- Comrade
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Powder coat
So I screwed up pulling into the garage (someone put crap on MY side of the garage and I misjudged how far over I was) so I scraped up the paint on the tub fender on the garage door opening. I would like to at least prime it so I don't get rust. Anyone have any idea how to paint it so it sorta matches the rest? I have the olive powder coat on a Gear up. I would prefer it not look like something out of Joe Dirt.
Jen Kuhn
2012 Gear Up "Simon"
Total Newbie
2012 Gear Up "Simon"
Total Newbie
Re: Powder coat
Good luck. If it's anything like mine you can use your fingernail to chip the rest of the paint off the fender then prime and paint it properly.
past afflictions include limey motocars and bikes, R60/2 & a R65ls, and a Citroen.
Now a 2012 rusty GU and a 87 K75s with 200k miles both bought new
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Now a 2012 rusty GU and a 87 K75s with 200k miles both bought new
dual K&N cones on homemade intake, 40/137.5
Raceway needles
Modtop exhaust
$29 VW Hydraulic steering dampener
- wooden nickel
- Hero of the Soviet Union - 2018
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Re: Powder coat
Worst comes to worst, OD makes a good base for a camo paint job.
I may not be good, but I'm slow.
Nick
2014 M70 Retros, the sports car of Urals.
Nick
2014 M70 Retros, the sports car of Urals.
- Snakeoil
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Re: Powder coat
Call your local dealer and ask what they would do or who they would use.
Regards,
Rob
Proud member of the Peanut Gallery
2000 Ural Tourist
40 Pilots, 122 Mains
Before you say something stupid, always ask yourself, "What would Harpo say?".
Rob
Proud member of the Peanut Gallery
2000 Ural Tourist
40 Pilots, 122 Mains
Before you say something stupid, always ask yourself, "What would Harpo say?".
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Re: Powder coat
if you want it to look like original, i suggest letting a real good paint shop do a color match, they can get it almost perfect,that said its not power coat paint.there are shops that will power coat but paint would be cheaper. if i had this i would get a color match in a spray can which they can do and spray myself. good luckdogcrazyjen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:22 pmSo I screwed up pulling into the garage (someone put crap on MY side of the garage and I misjudged how far over I was) so I scraped up the paint on the tub fender on the garage door opening. I would like to at least prime it so I don't get rust. Anyone have any idea how to paint it so it sorta matches the rest? I have the olive powder coat on a Gear up. I would prefer it not look like something out of Joe Dirt.

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- Lmo
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Re: Powder coat
"Powder coat" is basically a skin; it is applied as a powder, and after baking it melts onto the substrata. Unless it's applied over a chemically bonded high temperature primer it seldom really adheres to the substrata.
It is, or was, a cheap way to get a reasonably uniform "paint" job. The down sides being: the moisture migrates under it leading to hidden corrosion, and being a vinyl plastic "real" paint doesn't bond to it well. Touching up powder coat, with powder coat, isn't possible (because of the requirement to apply electrostatically and the baking required). The only real fix is to strip the original coating and re-power coat the part (not practical).
Rust-o-leum "Restore" converts rust to an inert oxide. Apply a primer over it, and then paint. Try to ensure that the paint seals up the edges of the damage. And hold your breath for durability. But not for too long.... .
It is, or was, a cheap way to get a reasonably uniform "paint" job. The down sides being: the moisture migrates under it leading to hidden corrosion, and being a vinyl plastic "real" paint doesn't bond to it well. Touching up powder coat, with powder coat, isn't possible (because of the requirement to apply electrostatically and the baking required). The only real fix is to strip the original coating and re-power coat the part (not practical).
Rust-o-leum "Restore" converts rust to an inert oxide. Apply a primer over it, and then paint. Try to ensure that the paint seals up the edges of the damage. And hold your breath for durability. But not for too long.... .
Lew Morris
Dnepr w/ '06 Ural Drive Train
C5 Power Arc
125/42 jets
Drilled slides/
.030" shims
1973 BMW R75/5 (original owner)
1947 HD FL (long gone, forever regretful)
Dnepr w/ '06 Ural Drive Train
C5 Power Arc
125/42 jets
Drilled slides/
.030" shims
1973 BMW R75/5 (original owner)
1947 HD FL (long gone, forever regretful)