Powder Coating the P/S Reservoir?

sansouci · Post by **sansouci** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:32 pm

Anyone have any experience refurbing the P/S reservoir by powder coating it?

Alpinacsi · Post by **Alpinacsi** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:32 pm

Be careful with the cap as it still needs to vent

ron · Post by **ron** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:39 pm

sansouci wrote:Anyone have any experience refurbing the P/S reservoir by powder coating it?

I had mine bead blasted and zinc plated with colour (gold) as per original.

slofut · Post by **slofut** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:44 pm

sansouci wrote:Anyone have any experience refurbing the P/S reservoir by powder coating it?

Not to sure about transmission fluid, but powder def won't hold up to brake fluid, or spray brake cleaner, and I have my doubts about trans fluid. For a spray coating that's solvent resistant go to:

http://shop.masterseriesct.com/product.sc?productId=3 for satin black

and for silver mcu...

http://www.masterseriesct.com/

Best by far is replating as per Ron!

slofut · Post by **slofut** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:46 pm

ron wrote:
sansouci wrote:Anyone have any experience refurbing the P/S reservoir by powder coating it?
I had mine bead blasted and zinc plated with colour (gold) as per original.

Ron,
Where did you get your plating done?

ron · Post by **ron** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:05 am

slofut wrote: Ron,
Where did you get your plating done?

Local to me in S.Wales.I have all my nuts, bolts, washers, power steering pipes, discs etc.done just for beer money.

slofut · Post by **slofut** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:06 am

ron wrote:
slofut wrote: Ron,
Where did you get your plating done?
Local to me in S.Wales.I have all my nuts, bolts, washers, power steering pipes, discs etc.done just for beer money.

Wow, wish I could get that lucky!

86_6series · Post by **86_6series** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:25 pm

I'm sure you'll find something that will work from Eastwood.

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-golden-cad-system.html

GripGreg · Post by **GripGreg** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 5:45 am

Ron
If you want to go all the way, maybe find a chrome re-plating shop?
I'm just throwing stuff at you, I haven't had it done. Sounds good to me though!
Good luck & let us know your progress, please,,,Greg

ron · Post by **ron** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:24 am

GripGreg wrote:Ron
If you want to go all the way, maybe find a chrome re-plating shop?

My guy does chrome as well!

slofut · Post by **slofut** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:08 am

86_6series wrote:I'm sure you'll find something that will work from Eastwood.

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-golden-cad-system.html

That's just spray can paint, looks good but any fluids will trash it over time, high solvent fluids will wash it right off. IMHO

Alpinacsi · Post by **Alpinacsi** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 3:51 pm

Done plenty of the yellow zinc here in Atlanta. Replate calipers and various hardware often. Looking to add the process in house and should have it going before the end of the year. Otherwise; there are a few sources to have it done currently.

dwcains · Post by **dwcains** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:27 am

slofut wrote:
sansouci wrote:Anyone have any experience refurbing the P/S reservoir by powder coating it?
Not to sure about transmission fluid, but powder def won't hold up to brake fluid, or spray brake cleaner, and I have my doubts about trans fluid. For a spray coating that's solvent resistant go to:

http://shop.masterseriesct.com/product.sc?productId=3 for satin black

and for silver mcu...

http://www.masterseriesct.com/

Best by far is replating as per Ron!

In my experience, having had several sets of brake calipers powdercoated, it's absolutely impervious to brake fluid and cleaning solvents. Take a look at this set I'm just rebuilding, which has had plenty of exposure to both:

sansouci · Post by **sansouci** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 2:55 pm

SWEEET!
Like the raised red lettering on gold. Who's your supplier?
--Ken

slofut · Post by **slofut** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:39 pm

dwcains wrote:
slofut wrote:
sansouci wrote:Anyone have any experience refurbing the P/S reservoir by powder coating it?
Not to sure about transmission fluid, but powder def won't hold up to brake fluid, or spray brake cleaner, and I have my doubts about trans fluid. For a spray coating that's solvent resistant go to:

http://shop.masterseriesct.com/product.sc?productId=3 for satin black

and for silver mcu...

http://www.masterseriesct.com/

Best by far is replating as per Ron!
In my experience, having had several sets of brake calipers powdercoated, it's absolutely impervious to brake fluid and cleaning solvents. Take a look at this set I'm just rebuilding, which has had plenty of exposure to both:

I can buy that, but not all powdercoat is the same.
Just like 2k spray urethanes, there are different types and grades. Many PC shops (especially around here) use the lesser grades and they look good but don't stand up to solvents. Just had an issue like this last year getting some parts powdered. Finish would go dull when wiped with a rag and spray carb cleaner and would come off on the cloth.
I'm just saying, if you're going to expect a solvent resistant pc finish, be sure of who you're dealing with and that they use the right stuff. In that case I'd surely go PC as you can't really hand paint parts properly for what it costs to powdercoat. I should have qualified my previous statement to start with instead of generalizing.

Those calipers look killer btw...

bigcoupe.com

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