985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[Southie]

The outside looks a really good job, how come the inside is so glittery? Is it overspray from the outer or a plasti-cote glitter can from b&q

Have you weighed it again since back from paint???

Anyway I bet you cannot wait to get back too it over the Christmas period, so colour Colin... colour..........???

[mowgli]

You might struggle to get paint to key over the powder coat....

I was looking at the cage & thinking it looks like the dodgy sprayed on 2 colour finish they used on school toilet walls

it might look completely different when all the bits are bolted back in..

I pity the poor sod who's got to mask it up though

[novarally]

The outside looks a really good job, how come the inside is so glittery? Is it overspray from the outer or a plasti-cote glitter can from b&q

Have you weighed it again since back from paint???

Anyway I bet you cannot wait to get back too it over the Christmas period, so colour Colin... colour..........???

Not weighed it yet, haven't even got it off the trailer yet! I will make a start on things between Xmas and New Year.

Apparently there wasn't an 'off the shelf' metallic powder coat available, so they mixed up something, with the horrifying glittery result. When I picked it up yesterday it was dark, so I didn't see the full disco-effect until this morning.

[Royston]

I sort of like it Colin, dark and functional, certainly different.

Looks a bit like teflon I think it will be a good contrast with the surface colour

[novarally]

You might struggle to get paint to key over the powder coat....

I was looking at the cage & thinking it looks like the dodgy sprayed on 2 colour finish they used on school toilet walls

it might look completely different when all the bits are bolted back in..

I pity the poor sod who's got to mask it up though

The company that coated it say that it can be sprayed over, they did recommend a coat or 2 of lacquer over the powder coat, which would sort out the matt finish it has at the moment. But it's the sparkliness that I'm not liking.

[mowgli]

It almost looks like it wasn't heated up enough, cos in my limited experience of powder coating, it goes on matt, and only gets shiny with heat...

(to any nay sayers/doubters, my ex brother in law had a business powder coating petrol pump panels & i used to help himout.)

[Iain]

I like the sparkliness, very pretty

Nah it doesn't look that bad, but I guess if it's not what you wanted... I've never seen a car body powdercoated before

[SimonTW]

That's a real shame it's not turned out how you were hoping. Do you know which company did the powder coat? It almost looks like it's dusty reflecting back due to the flash. I think it's going to look awesome when painted. Looking forward to seeing more progress on it.

[Ben]

Tbh at the moment the car is bare and all you are focussing on is what's there, the cage! When everything else is back in/on the car I dare for someone to say " yeah it's ok but the cage is bit sparkly ". There is so much going on with the rest you wont even notice.

[Lewis.]

It does look incredibly sparkley, is there no chance they will re do it seeing as it's obviously not what you asked for? might look better with a few coats of laquer though.

to any nay sayers/doubters, my ex brother in law had a business powder coating petrol pump panels & i used to help himout.

you know as well as I do that your first hand experience will not be enough to silence the PNG nay sayers!