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Painting or Powder Coating

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Has anyone tried Powder Coating there plastics and hood on there sled? Is there any down side to powder coat? Or is it better to get it painted?

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Sheetmetalfab

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Wait you do realize to powdercoat something it needs to be metal?
Because an electric charge makes the powder cling to the part, and it gets baked in an oven?
 

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Wait you do realize to powdercoat something it needs to be metal?
Because an electric charge makes the powder cling to the part, and it gets baked in an oven?

Not to mention that the power coating needs to be baked at temps that'll probably melt the plastics....... :face-icon-small-con :face-icon-small-con :face-icon-small-con
 

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I powder coated the plastics on my sled just yesterday, but it wouldn't stay on when I went fast. Paint would be more permanent.
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I powder coated the plastics on my sled just yesterday, but it wouldn't stay on when I went fast. Paint would be more permanent.
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What's all those buttons for on your bars ??? Turbo blow off and nitrous ??

Them old school controls definitely don't belong in something that says Assault ! Looks like a Half *** ult !
Maybe those designers have Plastic Jeep Mall Crawlers with Momicon on the hood !!
 

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What's all those buttons for on your bars ??? Turbo blow off and nitrous ??

Them old school controls definitely don't belong in something that says Assault ! Looks like a Half *** ult !
Maybe those designers have Plastic Jeep Mall Crawlers with Momicon on the hood !!

Lol! That's my wife's trail sled, not my Assault. In fact its plastics are "powder-puff" coated with pink stickers. They come in handy when it comes time to sell on Craigslist: "Wife's sled, only trail ridden, never gone over 20mph..."
 

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Killer Time Racing

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Oh a limp wristed rubber band model .. they sell the crap out of those here !!

I head west and ride in snow with big kid sleds !!

This post is in fun !!! But the fish are biting!
 
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