Painting over powder coat

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So I have about a dozen sign posts in my subdivision that are looking rough. I painted one last weekend with Lowes Valspar Oil Based paint and it took 2 days to dry and dried a little funny. I called to see about getting new posts and they are crazy expensive and the sales guy said you can't paint them since they were powder coated. Is there a way around this? Is there people that can re-powder coats a pole while it is still in the ground?

Thanks.

[Jonwoos]

Should have been able to sand the rough spot, and would have thought it would paint ok.

No, to the re-powdercoat while in the ground unless they have a portable oven to go around the poles.

[iron369]

You can have them electrostatic painted. We recently had it done on traffic signal poles down 3rd St.

[PDM]

Powder coat is plastic. Prep and paint accordingly

[Niceguy]

Powder coat is plastic. Prep and paint accordingly

Exactly this. Scuff with red scotchbright pad, prime (I'd likely cover it with an etching primer), shoot with paint. Automotive paint will hold up to the sun better than house type paint. I sell a ton of paint to guys spraying their shutters and outside doors because it last a million times better.

[Niceguy]

Also if spray canning them I probably wouldn't use lacquer paint.

[Dave1965]

lol, people are so bored they go around painting city/county/state property

meanwhile, my neighbors wont contribute payments to fixing our privately paved road since the ukrainian messed it up