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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MisterEd:
Hey, your call but I can tell you in spending about $5,000 over the past several years on powdercoating I've never had a problem because I went to the folks who consistently won at car shows and found out who their powdercoaters were.......your guy who wants $75 is being "safe" with your money...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks. I fully understood your opinion the first time you posted it. These are not car show parts for pretty boy cars and toys. These are rims that will be used repeatedly under harsh conditions. I therefore feel more comfortable spending $75 to insure a better bonding to prevent harms that can befall a powder coat. The powder coaters I am using are of an industrial background, not focusing on pretty pretty car toys (although they do some of it), but rather in powder coating applications for endurance and metal protection. This is one of the reasons I am using them. I visited their shops before I gave them the business to see "what they did."

Also, I was in an industry that catered to industrial surface preparation for a decade as well, so I think I have a bit of a handle on this situation. I can say that I never saw a painting or coating company not prep a surface by blasting when the option was available. I think blasting will lend to a longer lasting and more durable finish.

I am spending $75, not $5000, so I think I can bear the expense on my $150 set of rims. Thanks again for your advice, please accept the fact that I don't find your suggestion sound in this particular application. However, I could possibly see your angle should your truck be one that will never leave the pavement.

We can agree to disagree on this one.

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