[tcb] Re: Pretty tin

  • From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:36:42 -0600

If your mechanic is going to do it himself he probably has a kit from
Eastwood(?) or Harbor Freight our Northern and they are mostly junk. From
what I have found they make a thin coating and chip easily. There probably
are people out there that said that they used it and it works great, my
experience, not so great.

And I don't think new tin is not as good as old. The screw holes don't line
up as well.







-----Original Message-----
From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Neil
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:18 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty tin

I know your frustration.  Don't let the mechanic talk ya into anything that
you're not comfortable with...
I was gonna power coat my tin a few years ago...I ended up not doin' it
'cause I realized it was just gonna get oil splattered on it...The Road Dog
ain't a show car, just a daily driver...no one's gonna look at the engine
tin...power coatin' the tin would be a fun thing to do/have done, but...I
figgered I just didn't need it!  I'm startin' to ramble myself, but its more
due to pain meds...which is frustrating, just havin' to take the damned
things.  My frustration is from loosin' the ability to use my hands like I
used to....can barely wrench anymore...bad neck surgery is catchin' up with
me...
Back on topic, if the mechanic wants to practice on your bus, it OUGHT to be
free!

--- On Mon, 3/1/10, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty tin
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 10:58 AM
> Well that's where my mechanic
> is being a pain.  I know I should just do whatever the
> heck I want to do.  I wanted to get old tin and powder
> coat it or buy new already powder coated tin a long time ago
> but the mechanic says he had a good set of tin and he bought
> the stuff to powder coat it himself and I am thinking, I
> better get this for like free if he is learning on something
> for my Bus.  But he has not bothered to try it out yet,
> and now he says he has a friend who will do it for him like
> out of his garage.  He says that old tin works better
> than new tin.  I do not know if this is true.  At
> this point I do not really care what the tin looks like, I
> can always switch it out later.  But it is probably
> silly to waste money and time getting a mediocre powder
> coating job. Sorry if I am rambling but I am fustrated!
>   
> 
> On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:09 AM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> I would take it to a
> "good" powder coater and let him prep it the way
> he wants it.  I don't think a good powdercoater
> will sandblast it. 
> 
> --- On Mon, 3/1/10, Andrew S. Barnes <deabarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Andrew S. Barnes <deabarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty tin
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 9:00 AM
> 
> 
> glass beaded is the way the powder
> coater will want it , sand blasting my 
> worp the tin hope this helps
> Drew
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie" <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:42 AM
> Subject: [tcb] Pretty tin
> 
> 
> > So if I want to have long lasting, pretty tin for an
> engine, is it
> > enough to just give some old tin a real good cleaning
> before powder
> > coating or is it much better to have the tin sand
> blasted or glass
> > beaded before powder coating?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
>  Julie
> >
> 
> 
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