Durable paint

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Ok so my winch is just one of my prototypes so I dont want to spend tons of money on the paint until I have my final frame. I can get it painted for around 80 but car paint isnt that durable.I can get powder coating for free but it is galvanise and you cant powder coat that. What is a Good an durable cheap paint?

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

sandiego4real, since you'll probably be riding in salt water sometimes, i'd recommend getting a bed liner company to spray your frame with linex Very Happy

thats what nekkie did with his winch... www.tahitimx.com/winch

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Ok.ya that sounds good. How much is that?

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

sandiego4real, call up the spray on bedliner companies in your area, they should be able to give you a quote.

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Check this out

http://www.autobarn.net/plaetrbedli.html

This should work

DVSKATE · Backside 180 Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 654 City: IL

yah it will

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Alright I will do that then

WAwakeskate · Faceplant Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 35 City: Spokane

You could also try herculiner. it's roll on, but i used spray on liner on the bottom of my winch and it cracks and peels kind of easy. The herculiner will definitely not go any where no matter what. You can get it at Autozone or NAPA I think.

Donk · Posted: Jul 19, 2008 3:37 am Post subject:

WAwakeskate - I agree. that aerosol spray on liner isn't nearly as durable as they say it is. Professional spray on liner is going to be your best bet in that department. Powder coating is probably the best finish you can put on a winch but it too will get messed up eventually. Winches are for using and having fun and that is not conducive to a nice paint job. Just use some nice out door spray paint so it's easy to touch up, then it always looks good but doesn't break the bank to maintain.

WAwakeskate · Faceplant Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 35 City: Spokane

Herculiner is about 30 bucks a quart but it goes a long way, one quart would be enough to do the whole frame and maybe have a little extra. I used ACE brand rust stop or something along those lines and i think it looks good. It's fairly cheap and comes in pretty big cans so I can touch up anywhere that needs it. So far I've used about 4 cans and put it on super thick. Good points Donk.

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

i herculined the inside of my landcruiser. and let me tell u what. that shitt is durable. i throw EVERYTHING in the back of that thing. shovels. tile. batteries. EVERYTHING. and it does not chip. just make sure the surface is scuffed and clean. stuff rocks.

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando

My buddy that has a winch here bedliners EVERYTHING. shizzle even his phone is bedlinered. It helps that he does bedliner but his winch frame is bedlinered and it has held up.

ha ha ha...His last rail actually is bedlinered too. (I was looking through my pics for pics of his winch)

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Ok I will get the herculiner.and I would powder coat it cause I get that for free but you cant powder coat galvanise