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Originally Posted by oldgoat69

I have been powder coating most of the removable parts on my Harley and they are coming out looking pretty good. The problem I am having is with the wheels. I have polished the edges of the wheels and have been using Caswell's tape to cover the polished areas. After taping the wheel, I pre heat the wheel to 450 to out gas it, let it cool to about 200 and then shoot it with super wet look black.

The tape has been baking itself to the wheel and I end up scratching the finish trying to remove the tape and end up having to redo the whole process. Can I preheat the wheel to 450 to out gas it, let it cool to room temp, tape it, give it another wipe down, and then shoot the black, or by doing this am I defeating the purpose of pre heating and out gassing?

450 is to hot for the green and blue tapes. You must use the 500 degree tape when heating that hot. Also if you try to remove the tape while it is still warm (not hot or cold) it is a little easier.