Now that winter will be here soon I have bin thinking about maybe having the mountain bike ether powder coated or painted. Any one know of any good places that do this? And is it a good idea to pick a place that manly pants or powder coats bike frames?
Powder coat or paint???
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Powdercoat. If it's a full-suspension, send it to a company that does bikes...you can probably have a hardtail done locally.
Google Olympic Powdercoating in southern CA...they're awesome, cheap, and the stock PCers for Turner and, I think, Intense. They did my RFX over, after another supposed 'bike coater' 1) nearly ruined the frame by sandblasting it and 2) went against my instructions and coated over the bushing seats.
Spectrum Powder Works is in CO, I think, and they do awesome work as well...lots of custom type stuff. Google them, too.
I also recall some place called Cyclart or some such that did lots of paint and powder custom work...much of it I found pretty tacky, but it was sort of impressive nonetheless...can't blame them for painting what the customer wants.
It's not worth getting a nice wet paint job on a mountain bike IMHO.
Google Olympic Powdercoating in southern CA...they're awesome, cheap, and the stock PCers for Turner and, I think, Intense. They did my RFX over, after another supposed 'bike coater' 1) nearly ruined the frame by sandblasting it and 2) went against my instructions and coated over the bushing seats.
Spectrum Powder Works is in CO, I think, and they do awesome work as well...lots of custom type stuff. Google them, too.
I also recall some place called Cyclart or some such that did lots of paint and powder custom work...much of it I found pretty tacky, but it was sort of impressive nonetheless...can't blame them for painting what the customer wants.
It's not worth getting a nice wet paint job on a mountain bike IMHO.
Pulser955 said:
I had my bike powdercoated by Spectrum and it turned out to be the most beautiful bike in the world...see pics...
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WOW nice guys thanks. I will check out both places. its a full suspension so I guess its going to be powder coat. dh girlie did you take the frame apart before you sent it to them or did they take it apart for you?
i would also look into getting youre frame ano'd 2 guys i know had a local shop do their full sus frames for $100 a piece and the finish turned out excelent
I had my bitch take it apart for me!Pulser955 said:
I packed it up with a bunch of bubble wrap and sent it INSURED to ups for like 15 bucks and had spectrum send it back insured for the frames worth AND the cost of the paint job (which was a pretty penny, but the pictures do the pc job no justice and the bike is just absolutely breathtakingly beautiful.)So yeah, take it alllll apart...take out the bearings, etc. everyting...just send a naked frame.
if i remember from your post way back when you got the frame done, your bitch was Briandh girlie said:I had my bitch take it apart for me!
dh girlie said:I had my bitch take it apart for me!
So yeah, take it alllll apart...take out the bearings, etc. everyting...just send a naked frame.
I figured I would have to take it all apart. I just have to decide if I want to do an electric blue or a stealth mat black finish.