I emailed that place many times over the past year. Not one reply.
Tell Tim he sucks.

 

 

The valve covers are not pure or even high content magnesium. I don't know the exact percentage in the alloy but they are an aluminum magnesium alloy and can be treated just like aluminum. I have been in the metal working trades for 30+ years and magnesium would be gray with a white powder crust in a matter of weeks if left unfinished. If you guys want to pretend your valve covers are "magnesium" that is ok by me.

 

Thanks for the info! What you are saying makes sense as some guys have powder coated the OEM valve covers no problem. So maybe they do contain magnesium, but only a small percentage were it is not important when it comes to powder coating.

I am going to take mine off and get them powder coated blue when I get a chance here

 

+1

mine are powdercoated and look/work great.
on prep they did sandblast them though.

 

Would the person doing the powder coating typically sandblast them then??

 

I have been having stuff powder coated for years. If the guy doing the coating doesn't do the prep go somewhere else. Any powder coater worth his salt will insist on doing the prep. Either that or you get no promise let alone warranty that the powder will stick. Really the prep is tha most important and hardest part. Hanging the part on a rack spraying some powder on it and heating it to 325 degrees is a piece of cake and any shameel can do that but getting the part completely free of any oil and preparing the surface so there is a good bite for the paint is a pain in the ****.

 

Thanks for the tip! I will keep that in mind as I will be taking mine off sometime soon.

 

 

Pick up the phone then 888-227-1947 ext 1 sales

 

I have done some powder coating myself. 1st step is to clean them very good. They actually make a prep wash for aluminum as part of the powder coating process. Next is to use an out gasing primer powder coat. Aluminum will out gas when heated causing spots in the coating, the primer keeps this from happening. Last is the powder coat and baking them correctly, this depends on the type of coat. You can also get a clear coat added for durability if you want. if you take it to someone and they dont use the primer go somewhere else. I'll post some pics in about 2 weeks when I finish mine.

 

I look forward to seeing the finished product.

 

This is exactly what happened to mine when I tried to have them powder coated. The shop then blasted and re coated them twice which essentially ruined them.

 

Here are mine:

 

These were done almost 4 years ago and survived very well except for the one side that bubbled due to poor prep in the 'valley' near the gasket. It is currently out for repair, but the other side still looks like new.

 

OK, gonna start taking mine off sometime this week and send them out for powder coating

 

here are my power coated ones.

 

Nice covers! What colour are they? Charcoal gray?

 

How much are you guys paying to have them powder coated?

 

It should not run more than $50. There's a guy from Chicagoland Mustang Club down by you that does PC'ing on the side and is very reasonable. I will PM you his info.