rocker cover,what they made of?

[autogs]

simple really the old covers used have magnesium written on them,my 2010 doesnt say that.the reason for asking as i want to powder coat them black but triple s wont touch them if they are magnesium saying that the chemical sripper they use reacts with the metal

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Cheese

 

[autogs]

i thought it might be,anyway its amazing how many 1150 owners/1200 wannabe owners reply to threads on this section innit

 

[BeamishTripleBlack]

Magnesium.

 

[2 wheel humvee]

i thought it might be,anyway its amazing how many 1150 owners/1200 wannabe owners reply to threads on this section innit

He can't resist

 

[autogs]

Magnesium.

ok,not to be disbeleiving my old fruit apart from scraping a bit off and setting light to it,how do you know?

 

[davegs]

covers

re -ciyled milk bottle tops.

 

[David Nimrod]

Monkey Metal

 

[autogs]

now now girls

 

[JJH]

Pewter JJH

 

[parkys100]

Rocker covers

Hello I have had my covers powder coated twice so chemically stripped twice and no problems.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

He can't resist

Cheeky, just like you call my bike an agricultural tractor

 

[(RIP) Tunneruk]

FFS! They've even got Magnesium written on them!

 

[autogs]

ffs have they,if like the earlier ones it had,do you think i would ask?

 

[Kremmen]

Correct me if i'm wrong (what the fcuk have i said) if they were made of magnesium they would have exploded as soon as they came into contact with a moisture rich atmosphere
Magnesium alloy i think is a more correct way putting it...but that too long a line to imprint.....bomb doors opening

 

[autogs]

Hello I have had my covers powder coated twice so chemically stripped twice and no problems.

ok,so who did that for you? as i said triple s wont touch them.

 

[littleredrooster]

Correct me if i'm wrong (what the fcuk have i said) if they were made of magnesium they would have exploded as soon as they came into contact with a moisture rich atmosphere

You may be thinking of the wrong metal there...Magnesium burns like buggery only if you set fire to it.

 

[EggChaser]

You may be thinking of the wrong metal there...Magnesium burns like buggery only if you set fire to it.

Vaguely remembering my schoolboy chemistry

Magnesium (and Aluminium as it happens) both have rapid oxidisation in air and the (thin) oxide coating is very strong resulting in a coating that needs a lot of heat to ignite the internal metal, however once you get the internal metal burning it will really go for it.

If you want to see how fast the oxide layer forms, scratch some aluminium with a knife and watch the shiny scratch change back to dull grey.

 

[Vern]

simple really the old covers used have magnesium written on them,my 2010 doesnt say that.the reason for asking as i want to powder coat them black but triple s wont touch them if they are magnesium saying that the chemical sripper they use reacts with the metal

Why don't they blast them then?

Ask how they do wheels as they're all mag alloy now. Failing that, get a tin of paint and do them your self.

I'm getting some stuff powder coated next week, so I'll ask if I remember

 

[autogs]

thanks vern ,they just said they use a chemical stripper that reacts with the magnesium.i know triple s have a good rep so thought it would not be a problem.