powder coating not always best choice!

[callofthemopar]

I have read many post about powder coating and how great many people believe it is. This concerns me with many projects that are using powder coated parts. I have 20 years in the field and know when the coating fails it deteriorates faster than most coatings. When I see powder coated in an advertisement for a item that will not be kept indoors I am not impressed. for example I have a ARE Bull Bumper on the front of my 99 jeep wrangler. this $ 800 dollar bumper is only a few years old & looks twenty yrs. old and it has never seen off road use.

I no this all sounds negative but I just wanted others to be aware. I have coated many projects with powder coating since I could do it at work for free and as long as it is indoors & hidden from UV its great. even the highest end so called exterior coating didnt last more than year outdoors.

 

[fistymopar]

never thought about the uv....I think there are quality problems like in LEDS...

 

[callofthemopar]

like I said. I am not trying to be a downer on powder coating but I have been applying it for 20 yrs. now and was the senior Quality Control tech
for a powder coating mfg. and know I would use a wet coating on suspension parts and such.