Did the jerks who screwed up your first coat job get paid?
Or did you stiff them?
The trouble is that you have to pay for strip after they screwed up. They really should pay for that. BUT at the same time, you cannot trust them to do it right.
Did the jerks who screwed up your first coat job get paid?
Or did you stiff them?
The trouble is that you have to pay for strip after they screwed up. They really should pay for that. BUT at the same time, you cannot trust them to do it right.
I like to think I'd have stiffed them, Whole thing is a nightmare.
So I have a few spare minutes and figured since I'm the one powder coating them, I will chime in.
So I first saw these Nemesis Flat Flares on Ross's Jeep a few weeks ago after we were introduced through my cousin, "Frank the Tank". At first glance I was horrified of the previous powder work done on these, as the flares were covered with "out-gassing" as well as "orange peel" in the finish. As Ross would put it "Busch League"!!
I agreed to help a friend out and re-due the flares for him and help his cause.
First things first, the flares needed to be stripped of the previous powder and get them back to bare aluminum so we can see what we have underneath. Due to the fact that these are larger than I can handle in my blast setup, I dropped them off with my commercial guy. After a week at the blaster he called me to curse me out as he said he had never seen such thick powder on anything before, hence the orange peel. Ultimately due to the poor powder job we had to go to plan B...chemical stripping!! So after the media blasting, chemical stripping saga I was finally able to get these all cleaned up and back to bare aluminum.
I now have them back after Ross drove to Rock Krawler. After careful inspection of the bare flares I realized these would need quite a bit of prep work starting with sanding. I noticed there were high and low spots throughout the flares so to get a nice glassy finish these must be sanded. Below are some pics of the process.
Once everything is all sanded smooth I will begin the next step which will be to shoot some primer for salt corrosion protection.
Byrne Coatings
27 McDermott Pl.
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
V: 201-477-0079
chris@byrnecoatings.com
www.byrnecoatings.com
The picture Ross posted was of the flares being out-gassed of all oils and contaminates. A little info about out-gassing: Aluminum and other softer porous substrates require an "out-gassing" or "bake-out" procedure to force any contaminants like oils, chemicals or grease to the surface of the substrate which can then be cleaned or blasted off. The out-gassing procedure requires the parts/substrate to be heated for 45 min @ 450*F. If this step is not taken I can guarantee there will be imperfections in the final finish such as tiny bubbles or holes in the finish.
Byrne Coatings
27 McDermott Pl.
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
V: 201-477-0079
chris@byrnecoatings.com
www.byrnecoatings.com
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