Powder Coat Question
 

Some of the powder coat is coming off in a few areas from rubbing and the areas are beginning to rust. Just want to precent it from spreading. Any solutions?

sure, clean up the effected areas making sure all the loose powder coating is knocked off and then hit it up with some rustolium or the like :yup:

Thanks bro. Will do as soon a it stops raining!

Went to the store and didn't know exactly which rustoleum to buy. So many damn diff options. Any suggestions? Its a flat black powdercoat on the OR-FAB.

Gonna have to disagree with WoL for once! Once powder coating starts chipping, it will continue to spread forever, since it forms a "coat" on the material that is essentially one piece. Liquid paint is weaker, but the spread can be stopped by removing rust, cleaning, roughing, priming, and painting. You can temporarily slow powder coat with touch up paint, but it never truly adheres and you may even end up getting moisture in the void between the remaining powder coat and the steel, causing accelerated oxidation.

So no options to get rid of it? There has to be something. It's on my Or Fab tire carrier where them Master lock secures the tire on the wheel/pin. Kind of an eye sore.

Well, like WoL said, you can clean the area, remove the rust, and spray-can it. I was just telling you that that is a temporary solution. It doesn't fix the underlying problem, which is that the original chipping has allowed air between the steel and the remaining powder coat, ruining the seal and making further chipping much easier. I touch up powder with a spray-can if I have to, but I also keep an eye on that part I painted to make sure there aren't any signs of further chipping or corrosion under the paint.

Just sand well around the exposed areas making sure you go to the metal and do not see any rust left.

Then apply a good primer before painting. Rustoleum has one that I used on my aluminum wheels that is holding quite well.

It will be tough to match the paint. I also have an or-fab carrier that started rusting almost immediately after I installed it. Don't know if it was a bad batch or their finish really sucks. For what I read in this forum, it seems the second. The impression I have from mine is that or-fab does not prepare the surface well before applying the powder coat paint.

So, my suggestion, which is what I'll do this Summer on mine, is to take it out of your Jeep, sand well the rusted areas and around, prime and paint the whole thing. I'll use Rustoleum flat matte black on mine. This will make easier to touch-up later.

How about using self etching primer....I think that's what its called.....is that any better than just using a primer?

or you can get the bumper sand blasted and re paint yourself , i had to do that on my front bumper
right after sand blasted
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...f/0fdc350f.jpg
after i bedlined it
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...f/543d620d.jpg