powder coating? powder removal?

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Sneaky_Pete

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Hey all, its been awhile since ive been on here... hope everyone is doing good.

I have a question for you all..

I was wondering if any of you have ever had to take powder coating out of an interior... this guy does powder coating for a living.. so the raw "powder" gets on him, and subsequently into his car..

he has this stuff everywhere, and worst of all.. its a leather interior!

Im not the one who is going to detail this.. he wants to do it on his own.. but im wondering how would you get the ground in powder out of a leather interior?



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Sneak
 
Well powder coating is heat activated and once it's baked its super strong. Since this hasn't been heated to high temperatures it shouldn't be too much worse than dirt per se. Maybe a woolite 6:1 water mix will do the trick? If not have him bump it up to leather cleaner with a soft brush. Not much help, but thats all that I could think of at this point.
 
Powder coating is a method of applying coatings to surfaces without using solvents. The coating is applied as a free flowing powder and heated to cause it to flow and adhere to the surface. The powder may be a thermoplastic or a thermoset polymer. It is normally used to create a hard finish on metals. Powder coating is mainly used for coating of metals, such as "white goods", aluminium extrusions and automobiles, although some other materials (like MDF-medium-density fibreboard) also can be coated in this way.

The most common polymers used are polyester, polyester-epoxy, fusion-bonded epoxy and acrylics.

Production: 1) Mixing the polymer granules with pigments and other powder ingredients in a mixer 2) Heat the mixture in an extruder. 3) The extruded mixture is rolled flat, cooled and broken into small chips 4) The chips are milled to make a fine powder

The most common way of applying the powder coating is to spray the powder using an electrostatic gun. The gun imparts an electric charge on the powder, which is then sprayed to the object. The object is then heated, and the powder melts to form a hard coating.
 
I was just thinking last night if all else fails a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser may do the trick. I would test it on a not so visible area first and if that doesn't look bad then try it on the rest of the seat. And then of course follow up with a leather cleaner and conditioner.
 
budman3 said:
I was just thinking last night if all else fails a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser may do the trick. I would test it on a not so visible area first and if that doesn't look bad then try it on the rest of the seat. And then of course follow up with a leather cleaner and conditioner.
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i'll 2nd the magic eraser, use a cleaner and keep the sponge wet or you risk the chance of the sponge falling apart. i have used the same process on my leather and they look as good as new. follow budmans advice and use a conditoner afterwards.megs conditioner works well.
 
Thanks guys for all the tips.. I set him up with some simple green to use on his door panels (vinyl and plastic ) and then I got him the 2 step Mequires leather interior cleaner (step 1) and conditioner (step 2 ) and I got him a medium stiffness brush to use as well...

Hopefully this will do the trick.. If not, then I have a few other options to try thanks to you guys!

later

Sneak
 
I'll second the Meg's two-step leather treatment, here are the results I got using it (half & half pics):

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