Barry,
I've seen pix of results of clearcoat PC in other
lists, they looked excellent!
But I have not tried it myself.
I'll bet there's a lot of info and experience
accumulated on the net by now.
I believe that the PC material is thick enough that
curing 'remelts', but does not cause mixing of layers.
Carter Shore
--- Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> All this talk about powder coating the wheels got me
> thinking (which can be
> a dangerous thing!) I was contemplating powder
> coating my Panasports,
> because after many, many years of everyday use,
> well, they are becoming a
> bit tired. I would want to finish them the same way
> they are now that is
> gold except for the outer rim which is left
> polished. Now I can manage to
> mask the outer portion well enough but I also want
> the entire wheel to be
> clear coated to protect the polished portion. Can
> this be done? Does one
> apply the gold first, cure then apply the clear?
> Wouldn't the application
> of the clear and subsequent re-curing cause the
> clear and gold to run
> together? I guess my question would be How exactly
> would this be achieved?
> I would rather find out BEFORE I ruin a perfectly
> good wheel :-)
>
> Anybody been there done that??
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
> 72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> 70 Spitfire (long term project)
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