Powder Coating Wheels

[iamrcb]

I'm fixing up a 1976 Carlton Corsa. The wheels are corroded but seem solid, if a bit buckled. If they can be made usably round again, then is it possible to have them blasted and then powder coated?

I was thinking about black. How would this cope with the braking action?

[daz3210]

I wondered the same thing with the bike I am on with.

What are you thinking, just the rims or the spokes and the lot?

I came to the conclusion that wire wool and t-cut or similar was the way to go, most of the scabs are on the surface of the rim, not into the metal itself.

Would be interested to know what happens if you have them done.

As for the braking, I don't know how the coat would handle it, but the bloke who did my frame reckons the coat is about 2mm thick, so on that basis the wheels could be 4mm wider at the rim edges.

[mk1fan]

The braking surface would need to be free of powder coat.

[daz3210]

mk1fan said:

The braking surface would need to be free of powder coat.

Why? Would it not just wear off over time?

[AyBee]

daz3210 said:

mk1fan said:

The braking surface would need to be free of powder coat.

Why? Would it not just wear off over time?

Probably, but I wouldn't like to be braking in a hurry against a surface that wears away and probably isn't an even thickness all over

[mk1fan]

daz3210 said:

Why? Would it not just wear off over time?

Or it would rip off taking some of coating over the bit that youwant to keep coated. Easy enough to mask off prior to coating or to wipe off before baking.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

I'm sure it would be fine powder coated. Any one who has ridden full carbon rims knows that brakes that work in the wet are not that essential anyway ;-)

[AyBee]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

I'm sure it would be fine powder coated. Any one who has ridden full carbon rims knows that brakes that work in the wet are not that essential anyway ;-)

I rode with someone on Mavic Ulties last weekend and he swore there was no discerning difference in the braking of alu rims and carbon (apart from the squeal that the carbones were making ).

[daz3210]

So basically the concensus is don't?

[Rocksteadyeddie]

AyBee said:

Rocksteadyeddie said:

I'm sure it would be fine powder coated. Any one who has ridden full carbon rims knows that brakes that work in the wet are not that essential anyway ;-)

I rode with someone on Mavic Ulties last weekend and he swore there was no discerning difference in the braking of alu rims and carbon (apart from the squeal that the carbones were making ).

My experience differs.... in that they are grabby in the dry and don't work in the wet. That's on SwissStop yellows supposedly the best in the business.