Feb Powder Coating Special ~ 15% Off Valve Covers

[CudaChick1968]

To celebrate joining this fabulous forum ...

Through February 28, 2009, all FEBO members will receive a 15% labor discount off our already affordable prices on all big and small block valve cover coatings jobs! See the website's Pricing & Shipping tab [http://phoenixs.dot5hosting.com/page4.html] (http://phoenixs.dot5hosting.com/page4.html]) for general cost information and complete Price Lists.

Here's a few I've done lately to get your imagination going ...

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Call or write for a free part-specific quote! Photos of the parts are always helpful, along with a list of your desired color(s) ... send emails to CudaChic1968@aol.com (CudaChic1968@aol.com) or PhoenixSpecialtyCoatings@yahoo.com (PhoenixSpecialtyCoatings@yahoo.com).

Please be sure to mention you're a FEBO member when you call or write for a quote! All parts must arrive at my shop in northwest Tennessee by February 28, 2009 to qualify for this month's special.

Thanks to all of you for helping to make 2009 a banner year at Phoenix Specialty Coatings!!! I look forward to the opportunity to earn your business.
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Leanna ~ The CudaChick
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback
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Owner/Operator
PHOENIX SPECIALTY COATINGS
Where Your Parts Are Reborn
731-613-9192 (10-9 central time daily)
http://phoenixspecialtycoatings.com (http://phoenixspecialtycoatings.com/)

[AlleyoopMgv]

Awesome info! Thanks CudaChick1968!

[toolmanmike]

Leanna, I was hoping you'd be here too. Kinda' cool to get in on the ground floor of this site. I hope to peel off and clean my valve covers in the next week or so and get them to ya'. toolman

[burntorange70]

What a deal.

[CudaChick1968]

It's great to be here too! Surrounded by friends and Mopars -- what more could a girl want??? :-D

I'm looking forward to working with you whenever you're ready Toolman ... it'll be a fun job to do.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

[GTXperience]

Leanna, I posted this on your other thread but thought I would pose the question here as well.

What is involved with stripping the chrome off an item in order to have it powder coated?

[CudaChick1968]

GTX Ben, I didn't see your question until this morning (five days after you posted it?!?!) so sorry for the delay in responding.

If the part to be coated is chromed, you can take it to any chrome shop where they'll dip it in their stripping chemicals for you at a nominal cost. (I assume there's technical terms involved but I've never worked in a chrome shop. LOL) Alternatively, you can blast it off but it takes a lot of time and media, and you can also damage the metal if you don't know what you're doing. A "good" chrome job has several layers (nickel, copper, etc.).

If your chrome is an older job that's still in fairly decent condition (no rust, minor pitting / flaking, uneven spots), it often makes a terrific base for other powders and doesn't always need to be removed beforehand. Candy translucent powders look phenomenal when shot over factory chrome that's in good shape. It looks like a colored mirror.

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But just like with painting, the better condition the substrate metal is in, the better the powder coated results will be -- every little scratch, bump and defect can show up, and this result can be magnified when using high-gloss / high-reflective powders.

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But keep in mind that, just like most everything else, they "don't make chrome like they used to." A cheap chrome job will eventually lift off the base metal and separate, allowing water and air to get between the metals and compounding the problem even more. When powder coating over a cheap chrome job, the powder will stick (to the chrome) but the underlying chrome won't stick to the metal forever.