Summary for flaking powder coating Discussion
Flaking powder coating on dryer drum is the issue raised by Harry Castanazzo, who says his two-year-old dryer has paint flaking from the inside of the drum and asks what could cause such a failure. The excerpt does not include any replies, so there is no diagnosed cause or repair advice in the provided thread text. The only clear takeaway is that the problem is unusual for a relatively new dryer and appears to involve premature coating failure on the drum interior. Because no answerers are shown, no expert attribution or solution can be summarized from this source alone.
Q. I own a dryer which is two years old and has paint flaking off the interior of the drum. I know most dryer drums are powder coated and therefore was amazed to see this type of failure.
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What could be causing this failure?
Harry Castanazzo
– Newark New Jersey USA