Powder coating a boat part

[scottyclarke]

Hi there,

Have found a company profingroup.co.uk that specialising powder coating I am just wondering if anyone thinks its a good finish for some of the metal work on the boat or will it rust fairly quickly?

 

[PCUK]

It won't rust unless the coating is damaged in which case it will quickly start to peel off.

 

[MStuart]

Hi there,

Have found a company profingroup.co.uk that specialising powder coating I am just wondering if anyone thinks its a good finish for some of the metal work on the boat or will it rust fairly quickly?

How did you find it?

 

[petem]

Hi there,

Have found a company profingroup.co.uk that specialising powder coating I am just wondering if anyone thinks its a good finish for some of the metal work on the boat or will it rust fairly quickly?

You don't want to use them, they're a right bunch of cowboys !

 

[Fr J Hackett]

How did you find it?
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He should have kept his powder dry.

 

[Minerva]

I hear they do a great line in astroturf too!

 

[PCUK]

Hope the mods' sling him off the site!

 

[dankilb]

Just paid our local place £40 for blasting and coating an old Scan Strut 24” mast mount and a new adapter plate I made for it. That included a heavy zinc primer layer to help it survive the salty stuff. Beat that, Scotty!

 

[bowler]

Maybe he meant 'I have founded a company'!

 

[SaltIre]

Hi there,

Have found a company profingroup.co.uk that specialising powder coating I am just wondering if anyone thinks its a good finish for some of the metal work on the boat or will it rust fairly quickly?

I've found a company that specialises in powder coating of marine and offshore components. Why not give them a call and seek their advice?

ACC are one of the leading powder coating companies providing specialist powder coating services to components in the automotive, defence, marine, offshore, rail sectors and general industrial sectors.
ACC Powder Coating

 

[waynes world]

Crap powder coating, even more with dodgy companies like this who troll through the internet. .

 

[dankilb]

Define crap though? It’s the cheapest way of getting a ‘coating’ on anything if you’re not willing to blast/sand/grind, prep, and paint yourself.

You couldn’t pay me what I spent, to even prep the radar mount I mentioned above - let alone paint it as well (for £40 all in). A new one is £300.

 

[goeasy123]

On vintage car chassis we recommend etch priming and epoxy top coat. Never powder coating. Once the powder coat is compromised it becomes a over wound. A compromised paint finish only exposed the damaged area to the possibility of corrosion.

 

[Falcoron]

Powder is ok but it is very brittle so any movement at all and it will crack and peel. this is especially relevant around bolt holes and the corrosion in these areas will start pretty fast once cracked.
It is ok on blasted steel that wont be flexible and with careful fastener fitting but not so good on alloy.

Best practise, though not cheapest, is to get the part blasted properly, spray with a zinc rich epoxy primer then a 2 pack acrylic finish.
Remember buy cheap buy twice!

 

[harvey38]

Once the coating in compromised, corrosion or rust will quickly set in. I used to work in a powder coating facility and if properly degreased in a Tric. bath, aluminium was etch primed and steel galvanised then coated it was OK. If a bolt was torqued down too much and cracked the coating, game over.