Ideal 55 Slider Rack Powdercoating

[Aron]

Approximately how much can I expect to pay to have an Ideal 55 slider rack powdercoated?

[MoonDawg]

     About $100 but do not send the flapper.......it is aluminum and will melt.

[johnieG]

     About $100 but do not send the flapper.......it is aluminum and will melt.

Really?  the melting point of Pure Aluminum is listed at 1220.666 °F, while the curing temperature/time of a typical powder coating film I found listed at 200°C (390°F) for 10 minutes

[MoonDawg]

        Thanks, that's great to know! I've always been holding back on the flappers.

[oscar]

I would't think powdercoat would stick to aluminium because of the need of an electric current.

[johnieG]

I wouldn't think powdercoat would stick to aluminum because of the need of an electric current.

In powder-coating the "paint" is "Thrown" onto the object via a static electric charge from the "gun" to the object to be painted, not a fixed running electric "current" ( as in the E-coat paint system, where items are immersed  in a tank with an anode & the object to be painted is the Cathode similar to electroplating.) it would work fine regardless as Aluminum is a metal & the third best conductor of electricity next to Copper & Silver.

[Pat Pixley]

I powder coated my rack and flapper on my orange crush slider and never had a problem.

[Aron]

Thanks for the info guys.  My next question was going to be about the flapper as I had remembered reading that elsewhere in another topic about not powdercoating it with the rack.  But I guess the consensus is that it is OK. 

[oscar]

I don't know what I was thinking. I guess my brain went numb after all they did use aluminum wire in mobile homes years ago. Sorry about that.

[Aron]

For you guys that have done this powdercoating or had it done -- what color do you use for the rack, and what type of finish (flat, semi-gloss, gloss, metallic,etc)?  What have you found looks best?