For the price of a pint!!!!!

I love the pub!

I have been doing some renovation/rebuilding of my engine recently and wanted to make it look as though some proper work had been done.

Talking to a few pals down at my local and asked if any one had any idea what sort of paint I could use on my rocker covers to spruce them up a bit. And then another guy who is just a nodding acquaintance pipes up and says "Give them to me I'll sort it out for you."

Two days later he brings them back. WOW!! How much? "Nothing, buy me a beer if that's ok." I nearly bought him shares in the pub I was that pleased.

Powder coated ? Looking good !

They do look good.

However......

Some years ago I had a Triumph Stag and had the rocker covers powder coated. Beautiful job. However, what I hadn't realised is that one of them had a wire wool oil trap inside it. When the powder coater bead blasted the covers, this filled up with glass beads. When I ran the engine these beads went everywhere. It's amazing how much mayhem a bit of glass can cause.

I kept the scored oil pump rotor for many years to remind me how stupid I'd been.

Not suggesting this could happen to you but thought it worth mentioning.

iansoady said:

They do look good.

However......

Some years ago I had a Triumph Stag and had the rocker covers powder coated. Beautiful job. However, what I hadn't realised is that one of them had a wire wool oil trap inside it. When the powder coater bead blasted the covers, this filled up with glass beads. When I ran the engine these beads went everywhere. It's amazing how much mayhem a bit of glass can cause.

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I'd like to take credit for thinking about that but it didn't even cross my mind. The guy who did it told me to give him the covers just as they were and he would make sure there was nothing that could hold the beads. He said he preferred it that way then the results would be entirely down to him.

Would you and your nodding aquaintance like to relocate to my local?

You can get a DIY powder coat kit for under £200 ,Eastwoods in the US make them....they have a UK agent,I forget who.....

Powder Coating Gun - Hotcoat Powder Coat Guns - Powder Coating Kit

...but if you can get it done for the price of a pint.....now wheres your local ?

heres the video.........

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS0LCiDaqUc&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - ‪Eastwood's Powder Coating on My Classic Car‬‏[/nomedia]

and even better,heres a UK seller,120 quid

http://www.electrostaticmagic.co.uk/?gclid=CMXZ0--d9qgCFQEKfAodGU2XUw