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Offline tunster

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swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« on: January 04, 2011, 12:42:37 AM »
Whats best powder coat or polish?? Mine needs refurb. :?
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Offline martinfan30

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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2011, 01:34:36 AM »
I powder coated mine. Hopefully it holds up!

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Offline alward25

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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 03:23:49 AM »
I powdercoated mine.  If you are dune riding polish is always cool but a ton more work.
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Offline RoostDaddy

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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2011, 08:47:39 AM »
mine is polished along with the sub-frame.  looks great, but as alward said "a ton more work"
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Offline flyingfitz

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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2011, 01:49:36 PM »
Where did you get the pipe alward?  Model is it?

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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2011, 01:57:49 PM »
What about polishing and using a clear powder coat.
Has anyone tried it?
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Offline alward25

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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2011, 02:26:10 PM »
That would work
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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2011, 03:27:08 PM »
I wonder how well it would hold up?
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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2011, 03:46:52 PM »
« Last Edit: January 04, 2011, 03:49:39 PM by Motorrad »
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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2011, 04:12:01 PM »
Looks clean
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Offline tnixon

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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2011, 08:53:15 AM »
We were thinking about Powdercoating a frame but the local race guru said that when they heat up the frame to apply the powdercoat it warps them around. So now we are re-thinking the whole thing. The racer was referring to a wheel bar custom made for a race sled so I don't know if it applies to bike frames.
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Offline gwcrim

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Re: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2011, 09:05:29 AM »
I've had a couple of Sportster frames powder coated and they've both done just fine.  The finish is touch as nails.
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