Teflon Coating
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Sweet Valley Pa.
Teflon Coating
My sliders, wheels and front bumper have taken alot of abuse with weekend offroading and are in need of a little TLC, I was looking into gettin a flater black powder coat on everything but i was seeing of anyone had any luck teflon coating or other coatings that stand up to some abuse.
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JK Newbie
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From: ABQ New Mexico
I dont know how long a teflon coating would hold up but I do know that it is toxic. Yes, I know they are used in just about every pan you buy these days, but that is why they tell you to get rid of the pan at the first sign of a scratch.
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Can you back that up with some facts... sounds like urban legend to me. Here is a wiki reference...
While PTFE itself is chemically inert and non-toxic, it begins to deteriorate after the temperature of cookware reaches about 500 °F (260 °C), and decompose above 660 °F (350 °C).[12] These degradation products can be lethal to birds, and can cause flu-like symptoms in humans.[12]
By comparison, cooking fats, oils, and butter will begin to scorch and smoke at about 392 °F (200 °C), and meat is usually fried between 400–450 °F (200–230 °C), but empty cookware can exceed this temperature if left unattended on a hot burner.
A 1959 study, (conducted before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the material for use in food processing equipment) showed that the toxicity of fumes given off by the coated pan on dry heating was less than that of fumes given off by ordinary cooking oils
Teflon is going to be very weak. It will never handle abuse well and most PTFE based spray on coatings only have a tiny amount of PTFE anyway. I honestly dont think there is a more durable spray on finish for the application than powdercoating. Anything stronger will be much thicker and change dimensional tolerances of precision parts.
I do wonder how some of the hobbiest versions of bedliner would hold up if you could keep it away from threads, tight interfaces etc.
While PTFE itself is chemically inert and non-toxic, it begins to deteriorate after the temperature of cookware reaches about 500 °F (260 °C), and decompose above 660 °F (350 °C).[12] These degradation products can be lethal to birds, and can cause flu-like symptoms in humans.[12]
By comparison, cooking fats, oils, and butter will begin to scorch and smoke at about 392 °F (200 °C), and meat is usually fried between 400–450 °F (200–230 °C), but empty cookware can exceed this temperature if left unattended on a hot burner.
A 1959 study, (conducted before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the material for use in food processing equipment) showed that the toxicity of fumes given off by the coated pan on dry heating was less than that of fumes given off by ordinary cooking oils
Teflon is going to be very weak. It will never handle abuse well and most PTFE based spray on coatings only have a tiny amount of PTFE anyway. I honestly dont think there is a more durable spray on finish for the application than powdercoating. Anything stronger will be much thicker and change dimensional tolerances of precision parts.
I do wonder how some of the hobbiest versions of bedliner would hold up if you could keep it away from threads, tight interfaces etc.
Last edited by DevL; Aug 26, 2008 at 12:21 AM.
