Powdercoating tungsten?

This thread might be moved, but I hardly ever get any responses on the other boards.

Any of you guys have any luck powder-coating tungsten sinkers? I'm very good at powder painting lead (make my own jigs and stuff), but am having no luck with tungsten. Maybe it's the density of tungsten that causes this, or that it needs to be heated to extreme temperatures for the powder to adhere to the tungsten surface:confused:???

I have even tried to rough the surface up with a little bit of sandpaper in hopes of getting adhesion with the powder paint.

Any help is appreciated. I could probably try to use other kinds of paints like enamels, butI hate to use any kind of paint except powder as it is the most durable of all once cured and baked correctly.

Please Help?!:confused:

I sent you a pm.

Please share info. I'd like to know fi this is possible as well... I was reading about tungsten the other day, where it comes from, what it's used for, etc. Pretty interesting! I did find out that it takes an extremely high temp to melt it down. Much higher temp needed to melt tungsten than lead. I'm guessing this has something to do with your powder coating troubles?

Some times paint, and powder finishes don't like to adhere to certain metals. I have worked in body shops and restored older cars and generally tinker with a little of everything.
If I were the one facing this issue I would try to spray the jigs / weights / or whatever I was trying to coat with an etching primer. This primer will etch itself into the metal and make the exterior surface more accepting of the powdercoat. Any time I repaired an aluminum skeg on a boat engine or cavitation plate we would always have to use an etching primer. This also works on magnesium, galvenized metals etc. I have never painted or coated tungsten but don't know why it wouldn't work. It seems to me like the next logical step to try..
Hope this helps

I also paint for a body shop and would have to second the etching primer....according to everything you read most materials actually won't stick to most metals without an etching primer....it'd be definately be worth a shot