dilley
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| posted on 13/1/11 at 10:59 PM |
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chassis rust
I have nearly finished my buggy, I had the chassis altered from origional and then shot blasted and powder coated, I have started to see rust appear
at some of the joints etc, i even have rust on some of the new tubes! the chassis was shot blasted then zinc coated first...I am going to approach the
company as the buggy is not on the road yet! I know that there was some surface rust on the origional chassis but this should have been removed when
blasted! who will pay for my time to strip and rebuild and powder coat again??
[Edited on 13/1/11 by dilley]
[Edited on 13/1/11 by dilley]
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austin man
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| posted on 13/1/11 at 11:32 PM |
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not sure it depends how long ago you had it done and what the guarantees was. Not a lover of powdercoat as rust creeps underneath it
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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dilley
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 05:44 AM |
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It was only done about 8 weeks ago!
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 06:46 AM |
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Hmm should last longer than 8 weeks!! Especially if keep inside!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 07:11 AM |
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Are you sure they didnt use a product from BOOTS the chemist like avon or mabelene face powder to coat it.
[Edited on 14-1-11 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 08:39 AM |
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mine had a little surface rust (just what you'd expect on stock steel) and it was just blasted then coated
its now sat in the garage for 5 1/2 years and there is no rust on it anywhere (I know, I need to get the finger out....)
and thats despite the odd leaks in the garage roof....
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Strontium Dog
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 06:19 PM |
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I blast and powder coat my own parts, although I wouldn't do a chassis as I don't believe it is the best thing to use. I have left stuff
outside for a year in a damp shed and it has not show ANY sign of rust and sytill looks like new when you wipe the condensation off. Something must
have gone wrong with the coating you have IMHO!
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chunky2772
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 08:32 PM |
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I had my chassis plastic coated its a little more exspensive to have done but gives much more protection.
Powder coating shouldent be rusting after only 8 weeks! Are you sure theyve blasted it if they havent blasted the chassis the existing rust that was
on it will work its way through the paint and it will start lifting. Weve had this problem at work we made some gates and painted over the rust the
paint dident last long on it before the same thing was happening.
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dilley
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| posted on 24/1/11 at 07:58 PM |
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I have just had a thought on this, I am going to approach the coaters this week, question is, I think they will probably agree that the finish is
rubbish and that they will do it again. So who is going to cover my time stripping and rebuilding?
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