Powdercoating Technics Platter
Guys,
I noticed that the bottom side of the platter has rubber that seems to be bonded to the platter somehow. This wont work for powdercoating.
Has anyone PC’d they’re platter? How did you go about doing that?
Should I just switch to getting it painted?
remove it ! surely your not going to try powder coating it when the tone arm, motor etc. are still attached ?
Platter? Christ - you’re talking about the magnet aren’t you?
DON’T FUCK WITH THE MAGNET ON YOUR PLATTER!
Surely you wouldn’t PC the platter anywy? You’d lose the strobe dots?
You can sand the paint off to get them back
Seems like a lot of work - painting, then hitting it with some wet n’ dry would be a lot easier…
Never powder coated. Can’t justify the price.
If you are getting your decks done, consider doing the platter yourself. Sand the top then hit with acrylic paint in a handful of thin layers. Sand the silver areas with 400 grit to remove paint. Then with 600 to remove lines, then buff to shine with 4/0 steel wool.
lol… cmon man! I took the turntable apart already!
I wanted to do a whole matte white color scheme… the table top and the entire platter including the strobe dots. So it would be important for me that the finish and color matches between the two. So if its too difficult or impossible to pc the platter then I can get the two painted instead.
I just prefer PC since its a more resilient finish but if its too much trouble then im just changing my plan!
I’m going to go see a paint shop today and see whats up with just getting the pieces sprayed.
Another idea is to strip the platter down to bare aluminum and wet sand it to give it a little polish, that way the platter would be monochromatic… either way the base is going flat white.
will let you guys know which way i decide to go
alright… dropped them off at the powdercoaters. I’m getting the tops flat white and they’re going to walnut blast (like sandblast) the platter so that its all metal, no black.
I think it will look dope… will post pics if it comes out cool
Are you going to treat the aluminum with anything?
for the platter no… it does not look like it was treated with anything from the factory… at least that’s what the powder coater said to me
just tried scrubbing my platter off with a steel brush…the old paint doesn’t stick onto it that much.
it was chipped in tiny places so i tried using Zebra paint marker to cover up the spots…not good.
then i decided to scrub them all, looks fine with the bare aluminum..but not sure what would be my way forward…
is primering important to paint the dots on the platter or any paint will do?
When painting aluminum, you must always use an aluminum primer or other self etching primer.
Powder Coater called and said that they’re done… I might get a chance to pick them up today if no surprises pop up. Then a day or two to finish other mods and reassembly.
How much did powder coating cost?
I paid 160, that included the sandblasting on the platter
I just picked them up… bases look exactly right. The platter im not sure about. It’s not exactly what I expected but im not sure if its ugly to me yet.
I will post up pics when i get home.
