Topic: Powder coating wheel hubs with bearings installed?

[Scott S]

 I recently saw a build where the bearings were installed in the wheels before powder coat. I always thought that the oven got too hot for rubber, plastic, etc.
 Can you powder coat hubs with the bearings in place?

[Bodi]

Bad idea. Maybe old dry bearings to keep coating out of the bores, but not with bearings to leave in and use.

[Scott S]

 Well, that's what I thought. This guy has a nice build going on,  but the bearings in before coating threw me.

[Old Scrambler]

Tape the bearing races............

[Scott S]

 Of course. I've actually had a set of mag wheels powder coated before but they were bare. That's why I was wondering how this guy was doing it with the bearings installed.