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POWDERCOATING ISSUES IN SCOTLAND - HELP!?

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theRuler:
i pay 25 quid plus vat for powdercoating a frame and fork

only single colours though

Frosty:
Ruler,

What's the finish like and will they prep a f+f, ie media blast off what is already on?

I assume for a candy apple finish it would be a few more ££££

Superkav:
I pay £30 for blasting, prepping and coating from Watford Coaters although their last job was so shoddy I had bits of blast media still stuck on the frame and coated over!!!
I was so dissapointed I sold the frame. I didn't see it before I got it home ::)
I don't think Candy apple is available in powder coat as its a 2k paint (2K means 2 components are mixed together) correct me if I'm wrong.

theRuler:

--- Quote from: Frosty on May 11, 2006, 01:30 PM ---Ruler,

What's the finish like and will they prep a f+f, ie media blast off what is already on?

I assume for a candy apple finish it would be a few more ££££

--- End quote ---

the finish is awesome. very shiny and very hard.
but they only do a certain colour range - white, jcb yellow, light blue, dark blue, red, orange, black and silvery grey.
and they put my parts in with a run of other contract stuff

as far as blasting the existing stuff off, dont worry too much about that. just make sure its all flat.
i nitromors painted frames to get everything off. whereas chrome plated stuff just needs cleaning/degreasing.
the powder coat will stick to anything and it aint gonna come off. its thick too

oberonspacefruit:
candy is available in powder coat. nearly everything is these days, gold, mettallics...

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