You guys should check into this paint...

www.por15.com

 

Paint them as cheaply as you can cause if you use them, they are going to have to be repainted. Mine are less than 6 months old and in desperate need of a paint job and that is only from two wheeling trips! If you got someone who will line-x it or powder coat it for free, go for it, but anything more than a rattle can on something you are going to have to repaint at least once a year is a waste!

 

Whatever you do, do not line-x the bottom...

 

Man, someone dug up an old thread...(original post 4/2003)

 

Why is that?

 

For the same reason I wouldn't Line-X my sliders... AT ALL. Just like Waskilly said, if you actually USE your slliders... well...

1. Line-X'ing or Rhino lining will not let your aforementioned sliders do the job of SLIDING.

2. If you USE your sliders regularly, then they'll get so scarred up from use, that you'll need frequent touchups.


Just my .02

 

Makes sense.

 

I'd like to comment.......Line -X will let your sliders slide. Matter of fact they slide pretty well on that ball of plastic that forms. I know. I had mone done for free and I still like them. the tops still look pretty good but the bottom is just rattle can black now.

 

I'm surprised it didn't rip it all off if it ripped the bottom off... but another vote for rattle can! I couldn't bring myself to pay more for a coating thats going to get scratched than almost the whole set of sliders!

fyi, if you want good cheap sliders let me know... I can get you a set for $150 with a rattle can finish... PM me if interested!

 

I would powder coat them. But I get powdercoating done for next to nothing so thats why.

 

I got my sliders from stubbs (I think same person u gave cept the website i got from was www.stubbswelding.com). He personally told me to use spray can stuff. I got hammer-ed (i think) to put on them.

 

You better ask what thickness of powder coating your getting for your money. For exterior use, you better get at LEAST 30 microns.

I choose LINE-X. Much tougher and more durable than anything that's powder coated. You know what powder coating is, right? It's just paint powder.

 

I have that Hammered stuff on mine. Looks fine, and is way easy to touch up. Rattle can is definitely the way to go.

 

Powder Coating is dry paint. It contains no solvents and is applied in its dry powder form directly to the surface of metals to be coated. Each powder particle contains the necessary resin, pigment, modifiers and curing agent.

Powder is applied electrostatically by charging the powder particles and applying them directly to the grounded part. The charged powder adheres to the surface until it enters a curing oven where the powder melts, bonds and cures to the desired surface characteristic.

That being said, i'd still use Krylon for the reasons mentioned in previous posts. However, I would use powdercoating before line x.

 

I have many customers that come in with powercoated grill guards. They tell me that the powdercoating lasts about 3 years before it eventually gets chipped and begins to peel (and rust). We LINE-X many of them. The good news is that we can spray LINE-X right on top of the powercoating.