Paint springs with what?

[TurbododgePirate]

So, if you were to paint coil springs.... what would you paint them with? I was looking at some plastic spray paint thinking that might work.

[TurboII]

high heat, vht, powder coat them.... just a good quality paint will do fine. read the directions and you'll be golden!!!

[contraption22]

Flexible bumper paint.

I wouldn't powercoat springs for fear of what the heat might do to them.

[TurbododgePirate]

Flexible bumper paint.

I wouldn't powercoat springs for fear of what the heat might do to them.

Thats what I was thinking, plus the flexing of the springs making things crack.

[TurboII]

Thats what I was thinking, plus the flexing of the springs making things crack.

i wouldn't thing so try it worst that can happen is you have to paint it again

[Team Canada]

I've used standard rattle can rust paint and it has worked just fine. You might need to do it once a year, but if you are wanting it to be a different color than the struts, powdercoating might be the trick. All of the aftermarket springs are powdercoated, so I can't see how heating them to 400 degrees will hurt them, unless you plunge them into ice water after pulling out of the oven.

[contraption22]

I've used standard rattle can rust paint and it has worked just fine. You might need to do it once a year, but if you are wanting it to be a different color than the struts, powdercoating might be the trick. All of the aftermarket springs are powdercoated, so I can't see how heating them to 400 degrees will hurt them, unless you plunge them into ice water after pulling out of the oven.


The spring steel could start to anneal at temperatures as low as 350 degrees. So if you are powdercoating them yourself, make sure they stay below this temp.

But why risk it?

[black86glhs]

What about coil spring paint?

[TheCanadian007]

I'm planning on powder coating a pair of GLH springs.....good idea or bad??

[shelbydave]

Dip them in that rubber stuff they use for tool handles :) It comes in different colors, it's flexible, and it would also act as an insulator on the perches... :)

[cordes]

Don't they make a low temp powedercoat for this very reason? Well, not springs, but for metal property reasons.

[crazymadbastard]

I was thinking of using heatshrink wrap, the stuff you use on soldered wires.

[86turboz]

just get some polyurethane paint...it is desined to last 7 years and it is very flexible. you wont have to worry about it cracking from the movement

[neongary]

The spring steel could start to anneal at temperatures as low as 350 degrees. So if you are powdercoating them yourself, make sure they stay below this temp.

But why risk it?

+1. Straight from a spring company:
http://www.eatonsprings.com/powdercoating.htm

[rich tideswell]

Dip them in that rubber stuff they use for tool handles :) It comes in different colors, it's flexible, and it would also act as an insulator on the perches... :)

x2 i was thinking the same thing

[neongary]

Revisited this post to update. I ended up buy a few rattle cans of black Plasti-Dip at Lowe's. Scuffed up the springs, primed 'em and in the end they look OK. Pics later on, as I want to get them installed on my struts and touch up the areas that the spring compressor covered.
One thing I noticed, is they didn't come out feeling "rubbery" like the handles on a tool, like I thought they might.

[Johnny]

We used to us "Zero Rust" brand rattle can spray paint, it always worked well.