Should powder coating just be peeling off???

[sti wrx]

Bought these rims 3 months ago, have only driven about 2000ks and the color is just peeling off.

Please note these were originally white, the tire shop (Wanganui tires and alloys) provided them, but because they could only get two grey ones so they had two white ones powder coated on my behalf to complete the set, only the coated wheels have this issue with massive chunks of paint just peeling off, took them back today to be told its not there problem and that its happened because i haven't cleaned the wheels often enough and the brake dust has deteriorated the paint.... what do you think?

[LORNA]

I got shadow chrome powder coated in white and never had an issue with it peeling off!!! I think its bs that they say its the brake dust and not cleaning them often enough, did they tell you to clean them everyday???

[Guest boostcut]

im pretty sure, for powder coating to stick to the wheels properly, they should acid wash them, then scuff the alloy to key the powder coating in.

as they did it on behalf, it would have been on the cheap.

[Stoffa]

yep he right, they strip the old paint off first, powder coating uses an electrostatic charge to attract the powder to the surface. It wont work properly through paint.

If you can see the original colour its a bit dodge, they probably only got them sprayed

[Guest boostcut]

ask churlozomo, he does powdercoating for a job???

[Scoobydoo]

 boostcut said:

ask churlozomo, he does powdercoating for a job???

Or his parents do

[petrolheadjman]

Lol na its his job too

[subieboy]

 sti wrx said:

Bought these rims 3 months ago, have only driven about 2000ks and the color is just peeling off.

Please note these were originally white, the tire shop (Wanganui tires and alloys) provided them, but because they could only get two grey ones so they had two white ones powder coated on my behalf to complete the set, only the coated wheels have this issue with massive chunks of paint just peeling off, took them back today to be told its not there problem and that its happened because i haven't cleaned the wheels often enough and the brake dust has deteriorated the paint.... what do you think?

Biggest load of bollocks I have heard all day long...

EDIT: I should say from the tyre place

[smokn4]

they just didnt do it properly....break dust does more damage than that... :

[chulozumo]

ok i didnt read the rest of it coz im running out of time. no it definatly shouldnt be peeling off! im a powder coater so i have a bit of experience. were he wheels all properly striped before they were coated? coz it sounds like it wasnt preped properly to me...

 Scoobydoo']

[quote name='boostcut said:

ask churlozomo, he does powdercoating for a job???

/quote]

Or his parents do

haha family biz..my mum uncle grandfather and me

[Swindog]

Powder coat wont peel off if done right.

You sure its not powder coat underneath and grey paint over the top?

The paint wont like the powder coat.

[DRFVDR]

I would ask them who did the powdercoating and take it to them

I am trying to remember who in Wanganui we use for our powdercoating they on heads road,Spectrum comes to mind but not sure

[sti wrx]

they were done in hamilton, unsure as to why, i assume thats where the wheels were shipped from, pretty gutting tbh

[Guest boostcut]

just suck it up and do them again. its not overly expensive to powder coat wheels. the biggest part of it is taking the tires off.

[D-Style]

 sti wrx said:

Bought these rims 3 months ago, have only driven about 2000ks and the color is just peeling off.

Please note these were originally white, the tire shop (Wanganui tires and alloys) provided them, but because they could only get two grey ones so they had two white ones powder coated on my behalf to complete the set, only the coated wheels have this issue with massive chunks of paint just peeling off, took them back today to be told its not there problem and that its happened because i haven't cleaned the wheels often enough and the brake dust has deteriorated the paint.... what do you think?

Theres your first Problem......

Find out who the powder coater is, and have a chat to them (send pics etc etc) and see if they will come to the party and offer to fix it...

[funkytown]

how is that the first problem?

 D-Style']

[quote name='sti wrx said:

Bought these rims 3 months ago, have only driven about 2000ks and the color is just peeling off.

Please note these were originally white, the tire shop (b]Wanganui tires and alloys[/b]) provided them, but because they could only get two grey ones so they had two white ones powder coated on my behalf to complete the set, only the coated wheels have this issue with massive chunks of paint just peeling off, took them back today to be told its not there problem and that its happened because i haven't cleaned the wheels often enough and the brake dust has deteriorated the paint.... what do you think?

Theres your first Problem......

Find out who the powder coater is, and have a chat to them (send pics etc etc) and see if they will come to the party and offer to fix it...

[chulozumo]

 boostcut']

just suck it up and do them again. its not overly expensive to powder coat wheels. the biggest part of it is taking the tires off.

biggest part would be stripping and prepping them...

how is that the first problem?

[quote name='sti wrx said:

Bought these rims 3 months ago, have only driven about 2000ks and the color is just peeling off.

Please note these were originally white, the tire shop (b]Wanganui tires and alloys[/b]) provided them, but because they could only get two grey ones so they had two white ones powder coated on my behalf to complete the set, only the coated wheels have this issue with massive chunks of paint just peeling off, took them back today to be told its not there problem and that its happened because i haven't cleaned the wheels often enough and the brake dust has deteriorated the paint.... what do you think?

Theres your first Problem......

Find out who the powder coater is, and have a chat to them (send pics etc etc) and see if they will come to the party and offer to fix it...

who ever did it..well they wont just offer to do it again. if they did a sh!t job the first time itll be sh!t the next. find out who done it and find out if they were stripped before hand then youll know exactly what the problem is. screw getting them re done by the same people though!

btw do you know the name of the powder that was used??

[Swindog]

Youll prob find its in the region of $300 to strip, prep and recoat the whole set.

Thats what it costs down here.

[Guest boostcut]

shit!!! in tauranga, its about 40/wheel at a place we go to for doing trailer parts etc.

you guys must be getting tucked!

[nt_a_foz]

 boostcut said:

s***!!! in tauranga, its about 40/wheel at a place we go to for doing trailer parts etc.

you guys must be getting tucked!

where you going bro cause brenton just got 4 rims done and including prep etc was $300 ...fucking mint job though.

Was filling some kerbing as well

[chulozumo]

 boostcut said:

s***!!! in tauranga, its about 40/wheel at a place we go to for doing trailer parts etc.

you guys must be getting tucked!

remembering it all depends on the powder your using...white, black etc is pretty cheap but once you start getting into metallics it get way more expensive.

[Guest boostcut]

its in courtney road, tauranga electroplating. steve asplin got his boat wheels coated. they were beadblasted prior to coating but still....