Chipped powercoat repair

[Blainepaul36]

I originally bought the rims black but when they were being installed the rims were scratched pretty bad..... so options were to wait over 3 weeks with no rims and the shop would send these back and get new ones and try it again, or the shop would pay to get all 4 powder coated. So I went with powder coat and not even 2 weeks after I got them back and I get a rock chip. Anyone have any ideas if I can touch this up at home? Or what can be done for this I have no experience with this so any help would really be appreciated.

 

[Blainepaul36]

Bump

 

[DavidRam]

You can get it re-powder coated for around $100.

 

[Blainepaul36]

You can get it re-powder coated for around $100.

Think there is any way to fill in and touch up the paint?

 

[DavidRam]

On second thought, call a powder coat company and ask if they can do the touch up and throw it in the oven for a bit... Not sure if they can, but they should be able to tell you more. Or supply you with a little bit of touch-up.

 

[DavidRam]

As far as touch-up and paint, someone else would have to chime in on that. I don't like touching-up anything, unless it's done really well.

Most rookie touch-up jobs I have seen look worse than the damage.

 

[Blainepaul36]

As far as touch-up and paint, someone else would have to chime in on that. I don't like touching-up anything, unless it's done really well.

Most rookie touch-up jobs I have seen look worse than the damage.

I plan on calling the shop when I get in from work, its almost a 1/4" thick so hopefully they can handle this without costing me a whole lot.

 

[DavidRam]

The winner would be if they can slap a little finish on it and throw it in the oven for 15 or 20 minutes, rather than doing the whole wheel.
I just don't know if they can re-bake a wheel...

Sorry this happen to you, I had my wheels powder coated a few weeks ago and I would be really irritated if they were already damaged.

 

[Blainepaul36]

The winner would be if they can slap a little finish on it and throw it in the oven for 15 or 20 minutes, rather than doing the whole wheel.
I just don't know if they can re-bake a wheel...

Sorry this happen to you, I had my wheels powder coated a few weeks ago and I would be really irritated if they were already damaged.

Its irritating cause the shop messed up the wheels bad enough originally that they had to get powder coated.
2 weeks later I'm calling the shop again with wheel damage.

 

[DavidRam]

Yep, frustrating... I am betting on it being a cheap fix though. Post the outcome, I'd like to hear about it.

 

[Blainepaul36]

Yep, frustrating... I am betting on it being a cheap fix though. Post the outcome, I'd like to hear about it.

Sure will!

 

[red_line]

Whoever coated those applied the powder way too thick. The thicker it is, the weaker it is. A strip and recoat would be your best bet, but a touch up stick of gloss black would be cheaper. But you will see the height difference between the coatings unless you fill it with a bondo or something similar.

 

[red_line]

The winner would be if they can slap a little finish on it and throw it in the oven for 15 or 20 minutes, rather than doing the whole wheel.
I just don't know if they can re-bake a wheel...

Sorry this happen to you, I had my wheels powder coated a few weeks ago and I would be really irritated if they were already damaged.

The only other way to fix that wheel other than stripping it is to blend in where the damage is, sand the entire wheel and reshoot. But with how thick it is already I wouldn't add another coat on top of it.

 

[Blainepaul36]

The only other way to fix that wheel other than stripping it is to blend in where the damage is, sand the entire wheel and reshoot. But with how thick it is already I wouldn't add another coat on top of it.

Ill be finding out soon hopefully what they gunna do to repair it.

 

[Blainepaul36]

Yep, frustrating... I am betting on it being a cheap fix though. Post the outcome, I'd like to hear about it.

Talk to the paint shop today.... and the only option he gave me was to sandblast and respray the whole wheel. He will give me a discount since he just powder coated them, I was hoping for an easy fix but a discount is better than nothing.