Hard Anodizing vs Powder coating

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Edited Date/Time 12/31/2014 9:38pm
I have been on the fence between getting my engine covers hard anodized and powder coated. I have powder coated my own covers before with good success but i no longer have the oven so i need to send it off.

Does anyone know of a place thats not super expensive that i can get a batch of parts hard anodized? I was wanting to do my engine covers,spark plug spacer, motor mounts, and some other small stuff.

I have a hookup on powder coating but i was unsure on which would be better on the Magnesium clutch and flywheel cover.

So - Powdercoat the covers and anodize the hard parts? Or anodize everything?

For the covers i wanted the factory light brown color that Villopoto has on his PC KX250
the hard parts i was thinking green, black, or bronze
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MR. X 12/10/2014 6:00pm
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haha, i just looked up this place to respond to another thread ,its actually still active in my past function.

http://www.valkro.com/
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rmartin517 12/10/2014 8:32pm
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Hard anodized inner and outer clutch covers. You can't anodize magnesium it's usually that DoW coating or another coating called dx. Very few people do it. For a match you will probay have to powder coat your magnesium covers unless you found someone to do the other coatings for the magnesium.



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rmartin517 wrote:
Hard anodized inner and outer clutch covers. You can't anodize magnesium it's usually that DoW coating or another coating called dx. Very few people do it...
Hard anodized inner and outer clutch covers. You can't anodize magnesium it's usually that DoW coating or another coating called dx. Very few people do it. For a match you will probay have to powder coat your magnesium covers unless you found someone to do the other coatings for the magnesium.



Is this one hard anodized in that dark grey colour ?
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rmartin517 12/30/2014 6:35pm
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It's like a back with a hibt of gold. I believe it's a 2 stage process.

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Bruce372 12/30/2014 8:50pm
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how much did it cost to get those parts hard anodized???

i was looking to get a shock body done- factory connection do them for $125, but i would imagine if it actually restores the shock body, it will need to be honed also????
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I have a friend who does it so it cost me around 175.

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