[TheForge] Re: Powder coating in Clear????

Mon Apr 1 12:21:02 2002

It has been my impression from the homework I have done and what powder
coaters have told me that a colored powder coat can keep U V rays out but that
a clear  will not.      If it is an outdoor application it will breakdown and
look like hell in time,  yes it will last longer than any wax or polyurethane,
or lacquer, but eventually the UV rays will break it down.    This is just
what I have been told and I did not read it in the bible.  If I was sold on
doing it I would contact the company that manufactures the powder coatings
themselves.  When I talked to the powder coaters I soon realized there was a
fair number of them who bought the equipment, went into business and didn't
really know that much beyond how to do it,  and very little about  clear coat
on iron or steel.

Roger Olsen
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Ray Miller wrote:

> Powder coating in clear is durable, assuming the vendor is using an
> outdoor grade powder. The look is whatever the piece looks like before
> you put the powder on it, with a high gloss finish. And any corrosives
> from your hands, etc. could still darken under the finish. (per the
> vendor I have used. Having not done clear myself).
>
> Ray Miller
> Cincinnati
>
> John Elliott wrote:
>
> >Has anybody ever had it done?  I hoping it will last outdoors?  What's the
> >look etc?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >John  Elliott
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