Custom/Hybrid Post pic's of your custom paint/modified pump's

vwking

Banned
Location
Folsom Ca
Just wanted to see what other people are doing to pump's to make them one off's here is my 144mm yamaha pump with 12 vane solas mag and waveraider trim nozzle all powder coated. IMG_0152.jpgIMG_0154.jpgIMG_0151.jpgIMG_0153.jpg
 

OCD Solutions

Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
Location
Rentz, GA
I really like the clean looks of that pump.

I am curious how well the powdercoating would stand up to salt water though. I had the housing split on my Skat Mag after just one season due to corrosion between the housing and stainless insert. I would like to find a way to keep it from happening again.

Anyone ever annodize one before the stainless insert was pressed in?
 

WFO Speedracer

A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
Location
Alabama
Didn't do the pump , too lazy to pull it out, nozzles sprayed with single stage Deltron deep purple
 

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munki63

Epoxy is my duct tape
Location
Canada
I really like the clean looks of that pump.

I am curious how well the powdercoating would stand up to salt water though. I had the housing split on my Skat Mag after just one season due to corrosion between the housing and stainless insert. I would like to find a way to keep it from happening again.

Anyone ever annodize one before the stainless insert was pressed in?

Your probably the only one here thats OCD enough to think about it lol
 

vwking

Banned
Location
Folsom Ca
Thanks alot guys as far as powder coating holding up in the ocean i have a epoxy primer powder i would lay down first and it will give it some extra protection from the salt. But like anything other then plastic metal and paints will always eventually get broken down by the salt i would say with the primer down first and with a good wash after every ride you could get 5 years out of it. see powder when baked out all the way can be flexed in half with out breaking. for and example i will get some pic up of this its pretty tuff stuff and looks good
 

munki63

Epoxy is my duct tape
Location
Canada
Nope!

What is the main reason for powdercoating to flake off? Poor prep or is it prone anytime the surface is chipped or damaged?
My TBM Tote is flaking horribly and I have seen plenty of coated handpoles flaking as well.

Um....I would have torn them a new arse thats unacceptable especially for the price

My RRP pole was great, never flaked at all... no salt water mind you, and there isn't a change in operating temperature like a pump/pipe would have...just assuming the expansion coefficient is different hence the peeling, Ive only ever seen it flake on pipes
 

vwking

Banned
Location
Folsom Ca
yes poor prep is correct any oils or rust corrosion on aluminum and even were something has been welded pretty much anything on the steel aluminum brass copper whatever it be has to be laquer wiped down or sand blasted for best results. I like to sand blast everything unless its brand new material and it is already 100% clean besides oils on it. powder should not chip like wet paint. I raced dirtbikes in the desert for a lot of years and as we all know offroad racing beat's and wear's thing out. anyways i had a 2005 cr250 i powdered the frame semi gloss black and from boot rub and rock hitting fame it took 6 months befor the powder started to RUB off not chip. So if it is chipping off that is because it was not fully cured out or the powder was bad and old.
 

Poizen

Mical
Site Supporter
Location
South Africa
Very awesome bro

Sensed this service in Africa I've yet to see anything this good infAct I've never seen these COlours

We just get basic colours here that flake all the time


Oh and OCD as long as stainless touches aluminium it will do that those materials don't like each other
 
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vwking

Banned
Location
Folsom Ca
it flakes on exhaust pipe because they didnt use a high temp powder. im going to test this out when i powder coat my case's and the rest of the engine pieces cuz i do not believe the exhaust pipe gets over 250deg's and that should be fine for any powder will report back on that one. Plus ever factory B-pipe the part with the set screws i wanna call it exhaust manifold anyways its powder coated in a grey hammertone and it not high temp and it holds up
 

vwking

Banned
Location
Folsom Ca
Very awesome bro

Sensed this service in Africa I've yet to see anything this good infAct I've never seen these COlours

We just get basic colours here that flake all the time

Oh and OCD as long as stainless touches aluminium it will do that those materials don't like each other

Thanks bud. You know any of the name's of the brand powder they are using ? might be a not so good company im thinking probably cheap and thats why they use it
 
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