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| | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 | It is a ways off yet, but when I get ready to do my bed wood, I am thinking of using 1 inch channel iron for the bed strips and seeing if I can find a place that will powedercoat them for me. I have a couple questions... Is powdercoating a pretty durable finish for an application such as this? And how hard is it going to be to find someone who can powdercoat a stick of channel iron that is about 9 foot 3 inches long? (it's a 1 ton flatbed) :confused:  :confused:
The only thing more amazing than my ability to cram 60 minutes of work into a 9 hour day is my talent for making it look effortless! My 1962 Chevy C-30 | | | | | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 | I don't think you'll have a problem finding someone to powder coat them ... but you might want to reconsider the idea.
Powdercoat is impossible to touch up if it chips ... it's impossible to remove ... and, if you get a chip in it, rust will travel endlessly and you won't be able to get to it. If you've ever seen these big work trucks that have bumpers all rotted out (big time), you've seen the results of powdercoated bumpers.
~~ Alan Horvath 1954 Chevy PickupSinging his praises in thePassing Lane | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,602 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,602 | I agree with Alan. I looked at it for the running boards on the fire truck and rejected it due to the inability to repair the chips.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 | How about Line-X or Rhino lining ? You can get it in colors and it's durable...That's what Im thinking about using on my running boards and bed strips...
Just a idea ?
Some people are like Slinkies, Their not really good for nothing... But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs. 1951 3100 350 TBI Gallery Toddzilla... "$old" | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 | Im also going to have it sprayed on the underside of my fenders on my 51
Some people are like Slinkies, Their not really good for nothing... But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs. 1951 3100 350 TBI Gallery Toddzilla... "$old" | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 128 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 128 | One other option that will work well is POR-15 with their TopCoat product. Here's a kit which includes both products: http://www.por15.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1500/.f Lee | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | I would not use channel to start with, I think it looks a little to "home made", the real thing looks more professional. Go ahead and get the right strips from http://www.mar-k.com/ If you want them to be black get the unpolished stainless strips and have them powder coated. Then you don't have to worry about rust. If they get ugly looking you can always have them re coated. Grigg | | |
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