11-16-2017, 12:50 PM
Vico.
Are you looking to have the chrome parts powder coated too? I've seen some pretty convincing near-chrome looking powder.
From my experience aggressive media like sand is perfectly fine on tube. Sheet metal, not so much!
Chrome only (flash chrome) will come right off because it's only .00001 thick.
My Margays were Chrome/nickel/copper--perhaps like your Cheetah.
Nickel is really tough and blasting could take a long time. Worse yet, if the nickel starts peeling you start down a longer road. If you're committed to powder coating the chrome, blast just enough to get the tooth the coater needs to get it to adhere.
Are you looking to have the chrome parts powder coated too? I've seen some pretty convincing near-chrome looking powder.
From my experience aggressive media like sand is perfectly fine on tube. Sheet metal, not so much!
Chrome only (flash chrome) will come right off because it's only .00001 thick.
My Margays were Chrome/nickel/copper--perhaps like your Cheetah.
Nickel is really tough and blasting could take a long time. Worse yet, if the nickel starts peeling you start down a longer road. If you're committed to powder coating the chrome, blast just enough to get the tooth the coater needs to get it to adhere.