Thread: Powder coating frame versus painting.

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I'm going through this same choice currently.

I just had 24 pieces of my highboy body powdercoated in "primer" this week. The cost was less than media blasting, buying epoxie primer, and renting a spray booth to shoot it and it's covered very well "inside and out". I mounted the parts back on the frame today, as I "DA sanded" all of the flat surfaces to 60 grit. The powdercoat was thick and sands just about like epoxie paint. The sanded surface is great, it does not "ball up" when sanded. It filled in a lot of my metal imperfections.

I plan on having the frame and rear axle housing powdercoated next after I'm finished with final body prep before paint. The frame will be done in a color that matches (RAL 3004 Maroon) my final paint color. After the frame is coated I will "tape off" the inside of the frame and sand and prep the outside edges that show on a highboy.

One thing that really helped with the price was that I had built a rotessiore for the body out of two Harbour Freight HD engine stands. I also took the parts in already metal finished so they had a minimum amount of prep before the coating process. Time is money for any business, and I certainly have more time, than that other thing.

I agree that "plastic coating" does not look the same as a "painted surface". But it's easy to do, cheap, durable, and provides a great surface to paint the highly viewable areas. I don't see how you can go wrong with powdercoat.