Can a SS prop be powder coated? will/can it burn off if the prop has cavitation due to running the motor a tad high ( in tight turns)
Can a SS prop be powder coated? will/can it burn off if the prop has cavitation due to running the motor a tad high ( in tight turns)
Can't See why it wouldn't be able to be powder coated
Phil
Grow old disgracefully
they would have to etch it first i would imagine then powder coat,polished is definatly better for performance imo
Yeah would have to be etched and definately wouldnt burn off, It would only wear much like paint does.
What do you intend to get out of powder coating it?
why would you powder coat a stanless prop???.
Serioulsy why?
Polished stanless would have one the lowest possible coefficients of drag.
A stanless prop will have very finely shaped entry and exit edges.....powder coat will ruin that.
Guaranteed....some time you will scrag or at least wear the coating......retouching powder coat properly is impossible..so ya have to stripp it all of and redo.
I would not even powder coat an aluminium prop.....Id go an etch primeer undercoat and then a conventional wet topcoat.......at least that you con retouch.
Besides.....unless the prop in question is an all metal item with a removable bush....tha baking process will buger up the rubber.
cheers
Its the details, those little details, that make the difference.
Originally Posted by Lachie1
Just pure looks, I did see a few props done like this on go fast US boats, they looked very smart, they had Verados on the bum and looked like black chrome props, i quite liked itwhy would you powder coat a stanless prop???.
Serioulsy why?
Polished stanless would have one the lowest possible coefficients of drag.
A stanless prop will have very finely shaped entry and exit edges.....powder coat will ruin that.
Guaranteed....some time you will scrag or at least wear the coating......retouching powder coat properly is impossible..so ya have to stripp it all of and redo.
I would not even powder coat an aluminium prop.....Id go an etch primeer undercoat and then a conventional wet topcoat.......at least that you con retouch.
Besides.....unless the prop in question is an all metal item with a removable bush....tha baking process will buger up the rubber.
cheers
Were they powder coated or ceramic coated?
I don't think the fish will mind bud, polished stainless looks pretty good when its parked up in the shed at home anyway
I can see real reasons for either creamic, teflon, graphite coating a prop.
All may improve performance and possibly durability.
Standard powder coat aint going to look like black chrome
If ya worried about what your prop looks like out of the water.....hell you got too much money and the prop spends too little time in the water.
cheers
Its the details, those little details, that make the difference.
Mate get a nice S/S prop black chrome it and have gold leaf lettering on it if you like, But use it for show only!! Never let it see the water cause it will be ugly in minutes.
He He wish I had so much to worry about.
Cheers
A marriage licence should be like your fishing licence!
Expires every year and you get a 3 day pass when you go interstate.
No...not worried on what the prop looks like, Im getting it done so i know how it would look,(shit hot) most boats that i know of spends more time out of the water than in. heck....cant spend the money when your dead....or can ya.....maybe not
again "I" like the look of it
Others that posted, thanks for feed back, i have miss lead myself, its not powder coat, its 'Black chromium' and has a couple of different looks. unsure of who does this in Australia as yet, but by the end of the day im sure that WWW will help me
I think a "White Chrome" prop would look shit hot on a E-Tec
I had factory black chrome exhausts with gold lettering on me old GPZ Kawasaki It looked great for 6 weeks then started to go milky and that was basically the end of the good looks.
Cheers.
A marriage licence should be like your fishing licence!
Expires every year and you get a 3 day pass when you go interstate.
Thanks Roughasguts, The heat from the exhaust would of made them go milky? you think it would do the same with a prop?
Powder coat wouldn't be all that practical, it is effectively a plastic coating and would adversely impact the performance of your prop, dulling the leading edge and changing the flow over the vanes.
Your best bet would be to have a chat with your local electroplater. I bought a set of black chrome MAC tools here a while back. They are gorgeous.
There was a blurb on the box about the process, it involves multiple plating layers, copper, nickel, black chrome and chrome as I recall. Chrome is actually clear, it is the layer of polished nickel underneath it that gives the silver effect.
Would look way flash!
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