Powder Coating

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“Want to paint your place anew? Well, give it up for the newest painting technique that guarantees a lot of fun and convenience! Set aside your old liquid paints because there’s a better option that will prove to be long-lasting for your home. Thanks to Jamaica, we now have the Powder Coating Painting to enjoy.

Gone are the days when liquid paints gave us trouble every time we had to apply some on the walls of our home or sections of our vehicle. It always took painting contractors and workers a great amount of time to finish their job. But now, painting is more fun with powder paint! All you have to do is call either a commercial or industrial painting contractor in Jamaica to help you in the said task.

Painting can be done in a jiffy in Jamaica, it has been since the creation of powder paint.

Powder Coating is a painting process using dry powdered paint that is baked in an oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit. The oven curing melts the dry powder into a “”gel state”" then further curing causes this gel to harden into a very tough coating. With the usual liquid paint, the solids are in suspension in a liquid carrier, which must evaporate before the solid paint coating is produced. Research shows that powder paint coating was first used in Australia before it was adopted in Jamaica.

Powder coating is one of the best painting techniques out there, however not everybody is aware of it. In powder coating, the preparation is very important if you want to have the best paint job results.

Powder coating can also be applied to steel, zinc, aluminum, as well as other elements. The great thing about Powder Coating is that it has the ability to trump the original coating on your motorcycle. Aside from that, there are also hundreds of colors to choose from. Likewise, powder coated motorcycle parts can also withstand acids, solvents, impacts, and even abrasions.

The process of powder coating can be applied to painted items including valve covers, wheels, trim parts, sway bars, bumpers, coil springs, strut bars, etc. As for the price or cost of powder paint, one will find it relatively close to that of liquid paint or other painting substance. Some bulk plating processes similar to anodizing may be slightly less expensive. More decorative finishes like chrome plating is substantially more expensive than powder coating.

After much had been said about powder painting, weigh your options now. Personally, I would go for powder over liquid. There are several clear powder coatings available in semi gloss to high gloss. The clear powder coating works great on polished parts eliminating the need to keep polishing these areas. Best of all, the clear powder coatings outlast liquid clear coatings.”

Andrew Beene
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/the-battle-between-powder-paint-coating-and-traditional-liquid-painting-675573.html

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I want the local motorcycle shop to break down the front end of my harley. send most out to powdercoat. this means delacing the front wheel and relacing and then puting the front end back together. i am getting the bars, triple trees, forks and rim(outer ring) powder coated
how many total hours of labor to break down the bike and the rim also, then reassemble.

These times are APRROXIMATE…..
They can vary due to the condition of the bike, the year, the model, and what needs replaced, such as wheel bearings, neck bearings, extent of cleaning and prep work required etc.

Wheel diassemble/reassemble & true, including bearings 2-3 hours
Fork disassemble, reassemble 2 hours
Triple trees 1-2 hours

I always try to OVER estimate to give a little room to work with in case of unexpected repairs, etc.
A ROUGH estimate is AROUND 8 hours, it could go a little higher or lower though