Question regarding powder coat

[bhill22]

Frames with dents/dings - is there a way to fill in indentation prior to powder coat or does the process not work if filler is used?

 

[brocklanders023]

I believe Triple-S in Bingley will do it for you so assume others will as well.

 

[matt24777]

I did see someone's build thread on here (I think it was a Marin) and they used brazing rods to fill the dings/dents and then sanded back.

The joy of this is it's metal so should be ok in the oven for powder coating I presume (note I have not tested this theory, others may be able to confirm or deny).

struck me as a bloody good way to do it anyway!

Hope this helps

Here I found it (page 13 :shock: on)

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43798&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180

 

[ishaw]

You can get a metal car filler, might do the job? It's called liquid metal or something like that if I recall. Been a while since I've needed it but I think it existed.

 

[integerspin]

I don't think any of the fillers with metal in, body fillers like Upol D or chemical metals like plastic padding will stand the temp, not that I have tried them, but I have used JB weld and it is fine.
You can buy fillers intended for coating over, two names I can think of are Lab Metal and Themobond, I see them listed on the products pages of coating suppliers. The powdercoater might well have something like that.

I will try lead free solder when I run out of JB weld, lead free melts at a higher temp than leaded solder.

 

[WD Pro]

I did see someone's build thread on here (I think it was a Marin) and they used brazing rods to fill the dings/dents and then sanded back.

The joy of this is it's metal so should be ok in the oven for powder coating I presume (note I have not tested this theory, others may be able to confirm or deny).

struck me as a bloody good way to do it anyway!

Hope this helps

Here I found it (page 13 :shock: on)

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43798&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180

Thank you

I filled with metal as it won't shrink with age (some body shop style fillers will) and it guaranteed a good result with powder coating. This was especially important to me as it was getting finished in gloss black.

The repair is under the thin black line slightly off center to the left of the centreline :

Even knowing where the repairs are, they are completely undetectable by eye when checking the curves / reflections etc

WD