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Powder coating rims
DomP:
My rims are so rough I'm thinking of Powder coating them black, does any one have any experience of this of stripped chrome rims, how hard wearing is it going to be with tyre changes etc?
K2-K6:
Many of the aluminium rims have been powder coated over the years, workable but you need to be careful with use of rim protectors etc if you go near them with any type of lever.
Is it just the rims without spokes etc ? I've seen some like this complete assembly coated, that have cracked off the layer around spoke nipples etc, that's from general flexing in use.
DomP:
Yeah just the rims coated, chipping or cracking was my fear
royhall:
Maybe easier with new bare steel rims from Hagon. Even de-plating chrome these days is expensive.
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DomP:
Leominster powdercoat quoted me £35 a rim to blast and powdercoat them, I'd assumed (probably naively) that blasting would work to provide a key
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