poxon 5,555 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Any of you lads ever done any ceramic coatings on guns/cars/motorcycle's? I’m gunner be having a go at coating some billet wheel hubs at the weekend it’ll be my first time using the stuff I’m a little nervous because I want to make a really good professional job of it I’ve glass media shot the hubs in the sand blast cabinet keeping the bearings an dust seals in so to not play with tolerances I’ve degreased them then baked them in the oven repeated twice to make sure for no grease I’m looking for any hints an tips would be appreciated? I think this is a good a place as any as I know many on here are car/bike and gun guys 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,891 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Im booked in on 16th of june to have my shower tray in the motorhome sprayed and repaired with a ceramic coating....£600 by all accounts 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,555 Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 4 hours ago, Daniel cain said: Im booked in on 16th of june to have my shower tray in the motorhome sprayed and repaired with a ceramic coating....£600 by all accounts It’s expensive stuff I bought a little kit it was £200 you get 3x 4oz bottles of colour plus a syringe of hardener 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,876 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Saw the title and thought it was about singing badly in pubs... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bakerboy 3,252 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 15 minutes ago, TOMO said: Saw the title and thought it was about singing badly in pubs... I thought it was bad spelling about bad singing... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 I'm sure wheel hubs can be anodised aswell mate..have you done any of that..the process looks quite easy.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,555 Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 25 minutes ago, king said: I'm sure wheel hubs can be anodised aswell mate..have you done any of that..the process looks quite easy.. No not done any of that king . these ones were gold anodised but they were aged and golds not really my bag tbh I’ll have a look in to anodising might be a new skill to learn for future I want to learn how to zinc plate next for my next bike I get as a lot of bits are becoming unobtainable for some of the old 2stoke motocross bikes I see you can get DIY zinc kits on eBay so might get one over the summer to play about with 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 28 minutes ago, poxon said: No not done any of that king . these ones were gold anodised but they were aged and golds not really my bag tbh I’ll have a look in to anodising might be a new skill to learn for future I want to learn how to zinc plate next for my next bike I get as a lot of bits are becoming unobtainable for some of the old 2stoke motocross bikes I see you can get DIY zinc kits on eBay so might get one over the summer to play about with Fair play mate you have a keen interest..I've never seen how they use zinc etc..I'm still in the rattle can stage lol.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
downsouth 6,842 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Ive got an expansion pipe off one of my scooters being ceramic coated at the moment after seeing a couple of pipes my pals had done on a couple of old XL 500s hes restoring.Nothing fancy just matt black but gotta be better than keep painting them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,555 Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 9 minutes ago, king said: Fair play mate you have a keen interest..I've never seen how they use zinc etc..I'm still in the rattle can stage lol.. Cheers mateMate we all gotta learn somewhere I watch a lot of how toos on utube it’s like a lot of these specialist skills once you see how they do stuff you think to your sen that don’t look to hard to do bet with a bit of practice I could do just a good a job. Nowt wrong with the rattle can stage king just had flashbacks of my youth talking of rattle cans many of dodgy£10 bmx bikes were sprayed black 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,555 Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 6 minutes ago, downsouth said: Ive got an expansion pipe off one of my scooters being ceramic coated at the moment after seeing a couple of pipes my pals had done on a couple of old XL 500s hes restoring.Nothing fancy just matt black but gotta be better than keep painting them. suppose to be real hard durable stuff on the read ups I’ve done on it your have to pop some pictures up once it’s done mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 6 minutes ago, poxon said: Cheers mateMate we all gotta learn somewhere I watch a lot of how toos on utube it’s like a lot of these specialist skills once you see how they do stuff you think to your sen that don’t look to hard to do bet with a bit of practice I could do just a good a job. Nowt wrong with the rattle can stage king just had flashbacks of my youth talking of rattle cans many of dodgy£10 bmx bikes were sprayed black 100% agree mate..youtube is brilliant for seeing how things are done..I've done clutches on cars rebuilt brake callipers even started welding from watching YouTube videos..but zinc or ceramic coatings is a good thing to learn 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,891 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 6 minutes ago, king said: 100% agree mate..youtube is brilliant for seeing how things are done..I've done clutches on cars rebuilt brake callipers even started welding from watching YouTube videos..but zinc or ceramic coatings is a good thing to learn YouTube is your friend can find a tutorial about anything on there,like yourself,ive taken on a few new skills,and saved myself paying out to someone else 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,555 Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 1 minute ago, king said: 100% agree mate..youtube is brilliant for seeing how things are done..I've done clutches on cars rebuilt brake callipers even started welding from watching YouTube videos..but zinc or ceramic coatings is a good thing to learn Anything I want to do or want to see how it’s done I use utube it’s a brilliant tool for insight an information.Good on ya mate that’s the way gotta have a crack your self if not your paying silly prices for someone else to do it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 9 minutes ago, Daniel cain said: YouTube is your friend can find a tutorial about anything on there,like yourself,ive taken on a few new skills,and saved myself paying out to someone else It is spot on mate..a few hrs on the spanners and save £100's 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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