Painting a frame

toastedone
toastedone Posts: 838
edited June 2011 in MTB general
a friend is thinking about doing up one of his old bike, he is thinking of getting the frame stripped and painted, what would be the better solution, having it sprayed or powder coated, I know powder coating would be the tougher option.
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  • tsenior
    tsenior Posts: 664
    i'm going for powder coating.

    my local outfit say this:

    http://www.awspowdercoating.com/why%20powder.htm
  • buckmulligan
    buckmulligan Posts: 1,031
    Yes, IME painting is just not worth the effort. You can get an absolutely perfect finish and after 3 months it'll look like a piece of sh!t again.

    Just pay to get it bead blasted and powder coated and you'll have a great looking and well protected frame for years to come. Probably cost around £60, which may be double what it costs to spray paint, but well worth it.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    BuckMulligan wrote:
    Yes, IME painting is just not worth the effort. You can get an absolutely perfect finish and after 3 months it'll look like a piece of sh!t again.

    Just pay to get it bead blasted and powder coated and you'll have a great looking and well protected frame for years to come. Probably cost around £60, which may be double what it costs to spray paint, but well worth it.

    It probably cost me about £60 to spray my hybrid, it's deffo nowhere near as durable as a powder coated finish if you're using acrylic paints.

    For a tough painted finish you'd have to go 2-pack and that would be big bucks compared to powder coat.
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  • toastedone
    toastedone Posts: 838
    Thanks for the advice.
    Smokertovaper
  • leaflite
    leaflite Posts: 1,651
    DesWeller wrote:
    BuckMulligan wrote:
    Yes, IME painting is just not worth the effort. You can get an absolutely perfect finish and after 3 months it'll look like a piece of sh!t again.

    Just pay to get it bead blasted and powder coated and you'll have a great looking and well protected frame for years to come. Probably cost around £60, which may be double what it costs to spray paint, but well worth it.

    It probably cost me about £60 to spray my hybrid, it's deffo nowhere near as durable as a powder coated finish if you're using acrylic paints.

    For a tough painted finish you'd have to go 2-pack and that would be big bucks compared to powder coat.


    +1-it cost me about £65 to paint the apollo and despite it looking epic at the time a few months down the line it is starting to get chipped, especially round where the bike rack goes.
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  • stuisnew
    stuisnew Posts: 366
    Powder coating as the helpful people above have suggested.

    Have a look at www.retrobike.co.uk for some useful advice on doing up old bikes, including what to do if you do go for the cheaper option. Although most people there will agree with the above.

    Enjoy :D
  • jonnyashworth
    jonnyashworth Posts: 547
    Is it a full susser or a hard tail?

    I had My remedy powdercoated by industrail coating supplies in cullumpton (devon) they had about 100 colours in stock to choose from and it only cost £34. I would reccomend blanking the frame off yourself and bear in mind that whatever you use has to be able to withstand 200 degrees c. They can also do clear top coats aswell and made a stunning job of mine.
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  • dan shard
    dan shard Posts: 722
    jonnyashworth wrote:
    Is it a full susser or a hard tail?

    I had My remedy powdercoated by industrail coating supplies in cullumpton (devon) they had about 100 colours in stock to choose from and it only cost £34. I would reccomend blanking the frame off yourself and bear in mind that whatever you use has to be able to withstand 200 degrees c. They can also do clear top coats aswell and made a stunning job of mine.

    Have you had the decals refitted? I was thinking of getting my remedy done. Its the 2008 orange one. Although the paint is in great shape, orange and copper is a bit of an .... aquired taste lol

    http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=tre ... ORM=IDFRIR


    The only thing holding me back is not being able to find a sticker set to put back on
  • Liam1611
    Liam1611 Posts: 191
    Hi Jay,

    There's a Powder Coaters not far from us and should be able to do your Mates bike.

    http://www.yell.com/b/Denton+Powder+Coa ... index.html

    Give them a call and see what they say.

    See you over the weekend.

    Liam
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    If you go with powdercoating, try and see their work first... You've got to know what you're doing to do a good job of a bike frame, lots of places where you can't get powder, and a bit easy to screw them up (you hear stories of people sandblasting right through tubes...)

    Also, set expectations, make sure they know you want a top quality finish not just a council fence style rust-stopping finish. Glad I did this, it meant when my frame came back not quite right despite being done by a coater with a good rep, I could happilly tell him to **** off when he asked for payment ;)
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