KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: riproost on April 27, 2013, 02:36:37 PM
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Just got done blasting a set of hubs and was wondering if I should have a clear powdercoat put on them.
Question is did stock hubs have a coating on them or were they bare :?
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Hey Rip, as far as I can tell from 89 and up they were just raw aluminum (Al-lu-min-e-um if your in the uk :-) )
That is interesting that you ask that because I have a set of hubs that I was thinking of doing the same thing to for my SM project.
I was even thinking about polishing them first, then clear powder coating, but I'm not sure how well it would hold up on the polished surface.
Hopefully someone here has tried it.....
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it would hold up great! Common practice to polish and clear powder coat. You got a buddy that powdercoats?
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There is a business a few miles from me that powder coats. They did my frame and a couple other pieces for this build.
I was thinking I was ready to start lacing my wheels and the clear powder coat butterflies started floating around in my head 8-).
Guess I'll stop in the first of the week and talk to 'em.
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I do powdercoating on the side at my cousins shop. He has 2 ovens and I have free rein. Just did a KTM bright freaking orange!
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As a matter of fact I do have a buddy that powder coats.
Thanks for volunteering Alex :-D
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Of course you can clear powder polished metal. Look at almost every set of aluminum wheels. You probably have some sitting in your own driveway. If they aren't coated I would clean them one last time and do those as well as your bike hubs :P
Alward is gonna get busy now. You shouldn't have told everyone you have powder coating abilities lol
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Sweet, just don't sandblast them before u try to polish them :-D. I also have chrome powder that looks about like polished aluminum. I also lace and true wheels, whaaaat!