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Old 10-13-2017, 07:47 AM   #9
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Default Re: Powder coating

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Originally Posted by vern hodgson View Post
Interesting, I thought powder coating was bomb proof.
one rock chip and its over, that spec gets wet starts to rust and since its powder underneath the candy shell it holds water and rusts/corrodes underneath the pretty part. Its pretty much plastic powder that is baked onto the part and not actually bonded to the part. Once you get one chip the only fix is to remove all powder coat and redo the part.
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