View Poll Results: Which Color to paint strut bar?
Matte silver
2
16.67%
Matte black
3
25.00%
White
1
8.33%
Cusco Blue
0
0%
Other
1
8.33%
Leave as is (chrome)
5
41.67%
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Help Pick the Strut Bar Color
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#19
06-21-2012, 05:23 PM
Polished would be my choice, but if you feel the need to pwdercoat it (don't paint it, it will just chip off) I would go with Gloss or Satin Black, Matte Black will collect dust and be WAY too hard to clean.
FYI, powdercoating will in no way affect the structural rigidity of the bar. Maybe if you overheat it, yes, but baking on powdercoating won't even come close to overheating the aluminum. I took several Metallurgy classes in school and the melting point of aluminum is over 1200°F, so a 350 - 400°F oven isn't going to have any effect on it. Incidentally, I dealt with aluminum a lot (and many other alloys) at my previous company and we actually used to heat treat the aluminum by heating it and then cooling it down slowly (so not to shock it) . This would cause an annealing process in the aluminum and can actually make it stronger.
FYI, powdercoating will in no way affect the structural rigidity of the bar. Maybe if you overheat it, yes, but baking on powdercoating won't even come close to overheating the aluminum. I took several Metallurgy classes in school and the melting point of aluminum is over 1200°F, so a 350 - 400°F oven isn't going to have any effect on it. Incidentally, I dealt with aluminum a lot (and many other alloys) at my previous company and we actually used to heat treat the aluminum by heating it and then cooling it down slowly (so not to shock it) . This would cause an annealing process in the aluminum and can actually make it stronger.
#20
06-22-2012, 06:34 PM
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06-22-2012, 06:43 PM
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