Stripped the paint off of my 562xp clutch cover, now what?

[expy]

Put a nice brushed finish on that sucker and get it color anodized, then give it a quick clear coat.

This is how it will be. Blue anodized. Tough to photo shop but here is the idea.

 

[nixon]

This is how it will be. Blue anodized. Tough to photo shop but here is the idea.

MEH . Maybe black .

 

[expy]

MEH . Maybe black .

I tried black earlier..... yeah I've got to much time on my hands today.

 

[openloop]

Im picturing a deep gold anodizing....

 

[expy]

Im picturing a deep gold anodizing....

.....and Mr. T can wear it as a charm braclet.

 

[TommySaw]

orange anodized ftw

 

[Anthony_Va.]

I dig the orange/silver look myself. I think it really sets the Husky saws off. makes em pop, ya know.

Id try to brush it and get it looking kinda like original, then just have it cleard. JMO.

 

[SawTroll]

Of course Stihl paint is better. Look at the paint they use on their bars. Lasts forever.

Yes, but the white paint on the Magnesium flakes off instead of wearing off - not good!

 

[Bluefish]

What did you end up doing on your clutch cover? The original pic looked pretty good to me. Russ

 

[JOE.G]

What did you do?

 

[B Harrison]

I say polish it and clear coat it, Bling that saw man.

You need a platinum saw charm on a neck chain and company name can be "Platinum Wood Service"









I will be needing to make 10% off your name and all the new business you will be getting. I am just trying to get rich off my mind you see!

 

[dumbarky]

Giving me the blues

This is how it will be. Blue anodized. Tough to photo shop but here is the idea.

Hey where'd you get that Avatar clutch cover? That's a marketing idea for the younger crowd. Movie inspired chainsaw accessories. You may have hit on something here. Put that pic on flebay and see how much interest you get. :jester:

 

[Uncle John]

It looked so bad blue he threw it away (the clutch cover that is):msp_scared:

 

[expy]

Sorry, I didn't see this thread pop back up in June. Yes the 562 got powder coated along with my 346. Here is the thread that went into detail. http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/195877.htm

 

[expy]

 

[Raker]

I like the look of the bars without paint. I've been running a total super bar and the clear is starting to come off,mostly from putting it in my vice to sharpen the chain and I'm wondering if will start to rust. Do you put anything on the bars after you strip the paint off of them?

 

[SawTroll]

Looks just as horrible as the first time I saw it - but each to their own....

 

[Lignator]

I recently worked on a project that required die cast magnesium parts. Prior to powder coating, I am having them either pickled or alodined prior to paint. This creates a very sound, clean and passive surface for the paint to stick to. I have had excellent results using this 2 step process. After a few thousand parts, we haven't had paint failures.

 

[rullywowr]

Looks OK, but I would have gone with either polished with clear powder or a sparkly grey variant - to each their own.

I do powder coating on a very limited scale mostly for guitar effects pedals that I make myself. I have a toaster oven dedicated for curing the powder. There are a billion colors available, I get most of my supplies from columbia coatings. A grey with sparkles would have been pretty tuff.

 

[cowroy]

expy, what is your method of removing bar paint?