Paint or Powercoat

ChgrSteve67 · Nov 23, 2010

I have a origional air cleaner and spare tire rim.
Both I will have media blasted and cleaned up.

Question:
Should I have them both powercoated or just rattle can paint them black?

Donny · Nov 23, 2010

What works cool by default is do as you said; get them media blasted, then, prime them (of course) and then get some chassis black paint from your local car paint store, paint them, and as they are still tacky, put them out in the sunlight on a summer day, they will crackle and dry and get really hard; makes a flat black appearance, with crinkles, very very cool! How I came to know this, I did it by mistake on 4 wheels and they look awesome now.

BuckNeccid · Nov 24, 2010

Or you can buy wrinkle finish paint in rattle cans at any auto parts store. One can is more than enough to do the air cleaner, and it will look factory. IT's some brutal paint, takes a couple days to completly dry, but once it is dry, it's almost impossible to chip or scratch that stuff. About $5 a can.

ChgrSteve67 · Nov 24, 2010

The wrinkle finish paint is not the correct for my year b body, just gloss black.

Thats why I was thinking power coat. Would also stand up to the heat in the engine compartment well.

69 Runner · Nov 24, 2010

I had a Sublime 70 340 Duster that I took to (and sold at) the Nats one year they were at Indy. I hit the swap meet area, bought a can of wrinkle black and repainted the breather there in the car corral. After about 1 hour in the hotass sun it was bone dry, and wrinkled like old grandma Sadie

generaljmwlee · Dec 5, 2010

the black wrinkle paint works great just look at my valve covers,anyway if it is just black I would do powder coating.I like the way it holds up.it also helps that I do it on the side

iraqivet01 · Dec 5, 2010

Painting cheaper, and looks just as good.

72Satellite440 · Dec 5, 2010

high heat black--and after you do about 3 coats on it (wiping in between for over spray) Then you bake (30 min each) it in your oven at around 100- cool- 250- cool then max- //// **Baking the paint on makes it stronger**

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