First i'll introduce myself.
I'm from Spain and just started on the bike World about a year and a half ago. Between the wide selection od second hand bikes, I finally bought a GS cos it's a very reliable bike, as well as it is possible for me to do some basic wrenching on it.
A few months ago I could lay down my hands on a wrecked GS, and all the important parts were OK.
Now that I have a place where I'm able to disassemble it, I'm thinking about making some paint jobs. I was wondering if powder coating paint will be suitable for the cranckcase halves, after checking that they will not melt down when they are introduced in the oven where the paint is "cooked". Do you guys know if this kind of paint is suitable for the job I'm planning to do?
Thanks from Spain
It is but I find that enamel is a much better alternative....the thing about powder coating is that it gets into everything that isn't sealed out because it's applied as a powder with an electro-static charge. So doing the crank case halves you really really really have to be careful in keeping the paint out of bearing journals, off the matting surfaces for gaskets, out of the internal half all together......and if you take all that stuff out that is ALOT of labor.....so most people will just de-grease the assembled engine, clean it really well over a couple of times then tape off what they don't want painted and spray it with high temp enamel....usually black to "hide" the dirt.
I would just use a paint made for engine blocks. You can get it at any auto parts store. It'll handle the temperature and save you a ton of $$.