I am wanting to have my aluminum trailer powder coated solely for looks purposes. Does anyone know if you can powdercoat aluminum and if so who has a large enough burner to do it on the east cost?

hmmmmm guess no one has an answer on this one.

there is a 30' both here in Nashville. Superior powdercoating.

St cloud florida, TAMPA fl ..but up there no clue..i gues somebody should be there.....YELLOW PAGES

Yes you can powder coat aluminum there is a 40' oven in Lincoln Nebraska I beleive.

it will never look as good as you think. the extruded rails are porous and have gasses and impurities in them, once they are covered with powder and put in an oven at temp the impurities will "gas out" leaving a poor finish. sorry

OSD is right.

I recommend painting a used trailer with an Industrial semi-gloss paint. It's texture will hide the imperfections in the base metal, and it's strength will keep the paint on the trailer during the usual abuse a trailer takes.

I dont think I would powder coat it, I too would paint it..

But if you still want a big powdercoat job, I think ICT in NJ may be able to do something that big... Jamie / Lakeside

What do you do to aluminum to prep it for paint? Sand it or sand blast it?

You can do either, but it must be very clean & you must use an etching primer before painting. Otherwise it fish eyes and you wont get a good finish. Jamie / Lakeside