painting over powdercoat

[Toad]

I have some tube fenders coming for the CJ. I am going to paint them to match the rest of the rig. I was thinking about having them powder coated prior to painting. I was thinking about doing this just for corrosion protection. I would leave the inner fenders powder coat black and just paint the outside. Has anyone painted over powder coat? I am thinking that as long as I sand it good so that the primer has something to bite into I will be fine. Any thoughts?

 

[blznnp]

I have touched up powder coating on railings and never had a problem with it, but then again it was just railings, fences, stairways. I just sanded the beadlocks I got and painted them, only time will tell how they hold up.

 

[lewis]

Can't they color match powder coat.

 

[Bart]

I've painted over PC and it works fine. It's all in the prep. Scuff it first and clean clean clean.

 

[McGhie]

Go down and see the Guys at Armor Coatings. 6020 south Redwood road. You can get it all done in one shot. They can match the color you want and you wont need to pain over it and it will last long and look killer. Tell them McGhie offroad sent you and they will take care of you!

 

[Toad]

I just goggled powder coat colors. There is thousands of colors out there

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Go down and see the Guys at Armor Coatings. 6020 south Redwood road. You can get it all done in one shot. They can match the color you want and you wont need to pain over it and it will last long and look killer. Tell them McGhie offroad sent you and they will take care of you!

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Powdercoat makes a fantastic base coat for wet paint, we've sent lot's of brand-new ARB bumpers to body shops for paint matching a vehicles color. They simply scuff the material to provide some adhesion, prep and paint. Never an issue and they are very chip resilient.

 

[Toad]

I will get with the guys here in cache valley that do it and if they cant get me a color that I will simply paint them to match. It seems easy enough. Thanks for the input

 

[STAG]

They did this on that American Restorations show. They tried sandblasting a tank, only to find out that it was powdercoated, and so it wasn't sandblasting very easily. So they researched it, and found that scuffed-up powdercoat makes a great primer for paint.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

I have repainted my ARB bumper a few times with paint over powder coating and never had an issue.

 

[Hardcastle]

My limited experience with powder coating has been it's far more resistant to road grime/salt/normal wear and tear but it scratches off on the rocks just as easily as paint.

This thread was good to read. My sliders are powder coated and need some touch-ups from rock contact. I didn't know paint would adhere so well.