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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: blimeycharlie on October 23, 2007, 03:50 PM

Title: is it sprayed or is it powder coated
Post by: blimeycharlie on October 23, 2007, 03:50 PM

I have a 2001 Dave Voelker Gt Pro, it is finished in Matt Black but is showing some rust in places, i was going to get it resprayed but i see on here its mainly powder coating, what i am trying to get to is would the bike of been powder coated then sprayed matt black or jsut sprayed Matt Black?

Thanks
Mark

Title: Re: is it sprayed or is it powder coated
Post by: lazychubs on October 23, 2007, 05:38 PM

im sure they do matt effect powder coating

Title: Re: is it sprayed or is it powder coated
Post by: superbikedan on October 23, 2007, 05:45 PM

matt black powder is as normal as gloss,

the way to tell if it's paint or powder is by scracthing it,

if it's paint it will have another colour under the black wich is the primer

if it's powder then you will see the metal :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: is it sprayed or is it powder coated
Post by: blimeycharlie on October 24, 2007, 04:08 PM

Thanks for the response's