powdercoat or spray rims? and where?

[MAN7IS]

Hi all ... my uncle wants to get his rims another colour ... which is better powdercoating or spraying?

and where in melb?

Thanks

[andiiso]

powder coating will only get you matt colours like, matt black, white, like the plain pure colours, if you want metallic etc, you havta spray them, from my panel beater i got quote of i think was $20-40 per rim for powder coatin and to about $100 per rim for spraying. You could try call up Oxford Panels pm me for the guys number.

[xtat1k]

diy ftw !

[Encor3]

powder coating will only get you matt colours like, matt black, white, like the plain pure colours, if you want metallic etc, you havta spray them, from my panel beater i got quote of i think was $20-40 per rim for powder coatin and to about $100 per rim for spraying. You could try call up Oxford Panels pm me for the guys number.

im thinkin of powdercoating my te37 replica's white.. could you give me your panel beater details?

[andiiso]

im thinkin of powdercoating my te37 replica's white.. could you give me your panel beater details?

np, pmed you number, not exactly sure on those prices i gave, but you could give it a go, also mayb different depending on size etc.

[xtc.thai]

powder coating will only get you matt colours like, matt black, white, like the plain pure colours, if you want metallic etc, you havta spray them, from my panel beater i got quote of i think was $20-40 per rim for powder coatin and to about $100 per rim for spraying. You could try call up Oxford Panels pm me for the guys number.

not true i have a friend who powder coated his rims gun metal gray, metallic.

[[ricer]]

you can powder coat in metallic colours
our work gets powder coated metal in precious silver pearl all the time and its far from matt

[andiiso]

hrmmz, would be able to let me in on where to get that powder coating ? because my panel beater when i asked him i wanted same or similar colour to my cousins rims "gunmetal grey" metallic, he said you probs havta spray for best result, powdercoat will give you matt colours, and ive seen alot of people who powder coat their rims and they all matt colour (mostly matt black)

[mrwillz]

yeah its cos they use spray cans only thats u see all matt colors (black)
most simple and quick way

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75145
u can basically do it almost ne color really if u put the effort in
and mayb creativity :p

[yourfather]

powder coating will only get you matt colours like, matt black, white, like the plain pure colours, if you want metallic etc, you havta spray them, from my panel beater i got quote of i think was $20-40 per rim for powder coatin and to about $100 per rim for spraying. You could try call up Oxford Panels pm me for the guys number.

um... i do not think you understand what a matte colour and a glossy colour is.

a matte colour is something that feels rough to the touch.

powder coating feels smooth.

[andiiso]

well what i was actually talking towards was, more the plain black colours i seen on some cars, like it looks like the "rough to touch" stuff (even though it is smooth), compared to when u see rims that are nice n smooth coloured, like shiny n stuff .. to be honest i dunno how to explain what i mean by "matt black"... lolz ah weioz point is, if needed i can pm my panel beaters details

[yourfather]

ok, well,

matte is when it is rough feeling
glossy is when it is bright and shiny
then you have a flat colour

[tiksie]

matt is when it doesnt have a shine, it doesn't always feel rough.

When I used to powder coat rims, they felt smooth like a baby's bottom.

Something being matt is basically something with no shine, like I said, go spray a car acrylic and dont buff it out or anything, off the gun, it will be a matt finish, buff it out, it will lose its matt-appearance and be glossy.

Same with metallic paints and using a clear coat, though metallic paints never appear with that matt appearance, even when it straight off the gun onto primer, always looks wet.

[yourfather]

Gloss can be said as a view of material appearance. Materials with smooth surfaces appear glossy, while very rough surfaces reflect no specular light and therefore appear matte