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Old 01-05-2004, 03:00 PM
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I want to paint my Hotchkis STB to a color-matching Red. It is currently red powdercoated, is this possible? Someone I know thinks that is a bad idea.
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Old 01-05-2004, 03:04 PM
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if you scuff it up with high grit sandpapper I dont see why not.. its not teflon after all
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that would seem to make sense, but has anyone tried it??
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Yep, I've done it.
When I bought my BMR strut tower brace, it was powdercoated red.
I sanded most of the powdercoat off, smoothed it down, primed and painted it.
18 months so far and still looks good.
Kinda small picture, but here's the results....
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