i have powder coated hardware on my snare. can i still do this?
Hhmmm powder coat. That must look really nice!
I'd would be cautious of sumberging Powder Coated items in a Thinner or other liquid chemical. Here's why.....
First dont get me wrong I like PC process, and I really like the end result, I am merely pointing out what "could" go wrong.
IF/When PC fails it will either chip, or crack, and these two things can be big or very small, sometimes so small you can't see them, or they get missed. If you submerge it in lets say Thinner, the thinner will get in the chip or crack and work its way under the other coated areas. Eventually "spreading" the chip or crack.
I don't claim to be an expert in PC or a chemist, this is just something I have observed in another application of PC. IE: gasoline spilled on a motorcycle gas tank that was PC'ed. Sometimes it just ate right through it, other times I have seen it cause small chips to grow into big chips.
just my 2cents.
Question: Your Rods and the threaded throat aren't PC'ed are they? I mean the threads, surely they would not be PC'ed right?
Well even if they are, instead of submerging them in the liquid I would take a cloth with thinner on it (or some cleaner) and press the cloth into the threads with, like your thumbnail or something then "screw or unscrew" the rod which will run the cloth through all the threads.
or perhaps the PC you have on your hardware is much stronger than I am giving credit for, and the other method would work. Just something to think about I guess.