powder coating

[knickers]

Am thinking of getting some bits 'n' pieces powder coated to look like zinc plating & wondering if anyone has done this, if so what are the results like & what colour was used

[Ed]

Hi Nickers,

I have seen it done and reckon It looks pretty good, but if you are after the OEM look, I don't think it is very similar.

I'm going "cheap" and trying some silver paint from POR15 on all my normally zinced bits.

HTH

Ed

[knickers]

Ed
Was thinking about powder as an alternative because it's closer to the powder coater than the plater, but as yet I havn't seen any of the powder coated silvers in reality only computer samples

You say you're using  POR15 - is that because it's close to a zinc finish or because it works out cheaper or both.

Cheers

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Do you have any pics of the zinc finish that you are after?
The powder coater I use has a pin-up board with samples of every colour that they stock. I have seen this at other powder coaters too, maybe you should drop by your local coater for a squiz.