Good Info. Thanks, Mark
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From: <CNAArndt@aol.com>
To: <WWSCPO@aol.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: Coatings
> Bill,
>
> First of all, remember that powder coating is just paint that is applied
> dry,
> electrostatically, and then baked on versus sprayed on in liquid form. No
> mystery here.
>
> Roger Moments gold level BN1 has had the majority if not all of its
> suspension podercoated. Roger even has the Eastwood powdercoating system,
> sent to him
> for evaluation, and does many of the small parts himself. Additionally my
> car
> which is being restored to Concours standards will also have most of the
> parts powdercoated.
>
> Roger uses Cardinal Brand black in an 80% gloss and I prefer the same
> brand
> in a 60% gloss. Both very close in sheen. The parts on the Healey were
> originally a gloss black that faded very quickly, so gloss is the way to
> go. The
> one nice thing about Cardinal is that they also sell spray cans in the
> appropriate gloss levels (40%, 60%, 80%) for those small jobs.
>
> The powdercoater that I use, Small Parts Powdercoating in San Marcos, CA
> has
> a very nice process. After they bead blast the part they run it through a
> phosphate coating machine for rust protection and then apply the powder
> while
> cold. Many other vendors apply the powder to an already warm/hot part,
> with the
> results being that the coating tends to be a bit too thick. Using the
> Small
> parts method the powdercoating ends up being about 5 to 7 mils thick, the
> same
> as paint This leaves a lot of the detail in the parts intact. Outstanding
> results in my opinion.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Curt Arndt - AH Concours Committee
> Carlsbad, CA
> '55 BN1, '60 AN5 :{) '72 RWA
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