Removal
Powder Coating Removal in Belleville
Powder coat fails in chips, fades and blisters, and a new coat will not hold on a film that has already let go. Belleville Blasting Co. removes old and failed powder from rims, frames, railings, patio furniture and loose parts in Belleville and the surrounding area.
Why the old coat has to come off
Powder is a baked film. When it is sound it is tough. When it is not, it lifts at edges, stone chips and welds. Painting or powdering over that film traps the failure, and the new coat cracks along the same lines. Removal takes the film back to the metal so the next coat bonds to steel or aluminium, not to a coat that has already given up.
We see it on wheels coated more than once, on trailer and equipment frames, on railings and gates, and on patio furniture whose colour has chalked. The shop strips it. We do not apply powder coat. After the metal is bare we can prime it with a liquid primer, or we stop so a powder shop can apply their system. People also bring sound powder because they want a different colour, or because a weld is in the way. The film still has to come off.
How we choose the method
The method follows the metal and the film. A thick powder on heavy steel, such as a frame, a gate or structural steel, can take a direct blast. Dustless wet blasting keeps the dust down and keeps thinner sections cooler than a dry blast. Conventional dry blasting with recycled glass is the faster cut when the film is heavy and the part is stout. Both leave clean metal and a profile a new coating can grip. We pick from the part in front of us, not from a single setting for every powder job.
Powder on alloy wheels, thin sheet or a delicate casting should not meet that same grit at the same distance. There we step down, including soda or walnut when the part would pit or warp. The powder still comes off. It comes off without chewing the aluminium. The soda and walnut page explains that choice, and the rim and wheel page covers wheels.
Threads, bearing seats, ground faces and nameplates can be masked, or you can plug them before the part arrives. A chair with fabric still on it, or a railing with wood infill, should be broken down to the metal first.
What we strip, and prep for a recoat
Steel and alloy rims with a failed or unwanted powder coat. Trailer frames, hitches and racks. Railings, gates, stairs and balcony panels. Patio chairs, tables and frames. Brackets, covers and other loose parts that fit the shop. If the piece should not move, the mobile unit can do railings and furniture on site across Belleville and the surrounding area. Wheels and frames you can trailer come to the shop at 25 Dundas St W. Hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm.
Bare steel flash rusts, especially after a wet blast. If the part is staying for a liquid primer and topcoat, we coat it while the metal is fresh. If it is going out for powder, say so. A powder shop often wants the metal clean and may add its own profile. We stop where they asked, rather than sending a primer they have to strip. Liquid primers, epoxies and topcoats are on our coatings page, for parts that are not going back into a powder oven.
Send photos of the film, any chip or blister, and the metal if it is already showing. A photo of where the film has lifted is as useful as a photo of the face. Note steel or aluminium, and whether the part is still assembled. The instant estimate and the contact form both reach the shop. Call (343) 600-0391.