Bike re spray

tomwright117

Does anyone know of a good place to get my frame re sprayed? I have sanded it down myself, but I feel like having it re sprayed by a professional would make a massive difference to the overal restoration. It’s a steel frame and I only want it sprayed one colour. Anyone know of a good london based company/person that would do it? I can afford to pay through the nose, and don’t actually have any idea how much it would cost. But I would guess it could be anything from £100-£500.
Cheers!

CitizenLee

Try a local autobody repair shop. Many are quite happy to spray a frame when doing a car as long as you prep it yourself first (mask off the threads etc) and are ok with whatever colour of car they're working on. That's how I got my fork lowers done. I'm sure many would let you pay a bit more to choose a colour though.

Matthewfalle

get it powder coated then apply decals and getit lacqueredover.

done it a few times and it always work out bonzer.

kingdav

There's a place near me, just outside the m25 to the south that powder coated a fame for me for £50. PM me if that's any help.

Matthewfalle

Triple S in Bingley. Top work, same price as bloke above and his secret powdercoaters of secrecy.

kingdav

Not really so secret but I thought it rude to identify them and the price together in case they want to charge a different amount when someone finds this randomly in a few month's time. Choosing between the two, I decided to keep the contact private but happy to share with anyone interested in having a powdercoat job done.

mr_mojo

You’ve not said what make of frame it is. If it’s a £100 mass produced frame then yes powder coat. If it’s a quality frame then don’t get it powder coated, spend the money and get a quality respray and painted decals.

tomwright117

kingdav wrote:

There's a place near me, just outside the m25 to the south that powder coated a fame for me for £50. PM me if that's any help.

Mate, sorry for the slow reply! I’d be very interested in this one. I’ll try and DM you now. Cheers!

Vino'sGhost

Argos were good (30 years ago) shite now

tom_down

I've just had a frame done at willow powdercoaters in Mitcham, 80£ for steel frame and extra £10 for fork.

Job was good for the price, inside London that seems to be the going rate. Mario Vaz in SE London quoted me about £100 for powdercoat but they also do wet sprays for reasonable price. If it's vintage and lugged a wet spray would always be worth the money as powder coat doesn't tend to pick out the details aswell.

Matthewfalle

pictures please thank you.

shipley

If you want a good professional lacquered and metallic finish with original decals then I would strongly recommend Atlantic Boulevard. They produce consistently brilliant results including my old battered Colnago returned to ‘as new’ if not better condition.

http://www.atlantic-boulevard.co.uk