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I have a smoker trailer that I share with a group of guys and one of them brought up the possibility of having the whole thing powder coated. He has a friend that will do it for a reasonable rate if we want to. I usually just have it sand blasted every few years to clean it up and then hit it with high temp black paint. Would the powder coating work and would it be worth it, long term? I have no experience with this.

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I know they make a high temp powder for headers and exhaust manifolds. I don't really know what the standard powder can hold up to temp wise.

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Reg pc cures at 400 degs so I am not sure it would work but the high temp or ceramic coatings should do just fine. I would think cermic may even help with your smoking!

 

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I just bought a green egg and they use some type of ceramic coating on the out side of it.

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Reg pc cures at 400 degs so I am not sure it would work but the high temp or ceramic coatings should do just fine. I would think cermic may even help with your smoking!

 

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would the ceramic hold up to heavy use and towing? it occasionally sees gravel and I have a horrible mental image of my tires flinging a rock and taking a big chip out of it.

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Should...

 

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IMO, and I'm only speculating here, but I wouldn't think it would be worth the cost. If it sees regular use I just can't see it staying "pretty" long enough to justify the powder. I could be completely wrong but even powdered wheels don't stay nice and they don't see the abuse that pit will.

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Hi, Blackout07

According to my point of view that ceramic coating works great for high temperature. the ceramic coating is a much more high-temp cure (fired), the coating is probably powder coat whether it is black or colored. And for anyone interested, it is environmentally safe, non-toxic (just don't breathe the powder), and long-last.

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I would call a few pit builders and get their thoughts. Most that I know of use high temp paint. The firebox probably is the biggest concern. You will have some expansion/contraction of the metal due to the changing temps. I don't know how well powder coating would handle that. The trailer would be fine, but I think the pit itself would be the big concern.

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