[Closed] Show me your powdercoated/repainted bikes!!

My old Pace RC100 was in a right state, got it sprayed in pearl white by Brian Rourkes for £75 this also included adding some new brake mounts on the top tube, sadly the prices have recently gone up but the quality of the finish was superb:

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None of these cost more than £40 including blasting (at various place in Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

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Before certain companie(s) also decided to do Kawasaki green 😉

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Got mine done for 6 bottles of Bud, top job too.

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Oops - mine was £35 at the local Powdercoaters. Look up any Powdercoaters in your areas. The one I visited principly sprayed street furniture. So the finish is/was tough etc etc.

One thing to note- make sure you clean/mask off EVERYTHING if you use a Powdercoater. They'd spray over your hand if you held onto the frame long enough. Bless them 🙄

One thing to note- make sure you clean/mask off EVERYTHING if you use a Powdercoater. They'd spray over your hand if you held onto the frame long enough. Bless them

depends on the place - armourtex (hackney) for example mask stuff off, but they they do frames as a dedicated service and not just slipping them in between industrial jobs.

sort of a mtb transformation,
i transformed this old gt talera into a wife bike for going to the pub:

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Metal flake lovelyness... £60 a local Essex Firm. could have had plain black done for £40
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£45 each including blasting, done in Castleford

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Tracey

Done at ABC Enammelling in Nailsea (near Bristol) £30 each
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According Pantone the 2010 colour is turquoise. Looks like Yeti are back then.

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PANTONE 15-5519
C/M/Y/K 61 / 0 / 32 / 0
GOE 104-2-3C

rootes1, love the L plates!

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Done in Leicester, can't remember what they're called, cost £45 to strip and and powdercoat the frame

Tracey, again the pink is lurvly but the Enduro looks lush! You have good taste 🙂

Dangerboy- what RAL colour is that? (very nice)

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Done by Orange. It's sliver flecked white like Tinsys above. £150 but that was for a strip, respray, stickers, head badge and main bearings.

I reckon it looks gorgeous........

FFS - why can I never do photos!!!!!

RAAAAAAAGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEE

Not sure Hora, I went in wanting a candy apple green like steel Kinesis Decade frames but they didn't have a huge range in stock - this was on the list of greens that they did have. That's no help, sorry 🙁

Ah found it RAL - [i][b]Bloody nice turquoise[/b][/i]

My old Turner was stove enameled 'metallic burnt copper' by Bob Jacksons in Leeds. £110 IRC. Includes stripping the old colour etc and would have included over lacquering (sp?) transfers if I wanted.

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Hi Tracey - who did you use in Castleford? just googled and pulled up a few

just got a black trek 24" wheel off classifieds that will be fine for my young tomboy but if my 9yr girly girl doesn't shoot up after xmas i'll be tarting it up for the spring

rootes; that Talera is freaking schweeet.
My Patriot from way back when...

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Used this guy, finish is first class ans he masks everything out

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Tracey

I'd be worried that he can't even get his wheels to match...!

has anyone in the midlands used these guys before??

http://www.powder-coatings.ltd.uk/

cheers

steve

Theres a nice green one on the other side of the van

Tracey

tracey i dont suppose you know the ral of the enduro??

cheers

steve

dont know the ral but give the guy a call, its turquoise candy, when Katie went up to pick a colour it was on a wheel he had done

Tracey

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A place near me called CJ Ward. £25.

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rootes1, love the L plates!

ta - one on the front as well!

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and on the back
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only print card for the presentation..

Linear Fade by Argos Cycles? (approx £100 inc postage a couple of years back) 8)

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Or pink?
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Metallic Blue by Bob Jacksons? (cheaper - can't remember exact cost)

Another blue?
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Matching SS?
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If it was me, and it's one colour go for powder coat. The resprays, although look nice, chipped easily 🙁

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Pearly white with a electric blue/pink flame fade from Argos. Gurt Lush

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late thx to tracey for answering my ? of yesterday

so what different between powder coat and respraying.i used to work in a car body shop and have resprayed a few bike frames to a high standard.
i thought powdercoating gave a heavy finish that wasnt smooth and kind of plasticy(?) but lots of these look very smooth and flat?
ive found that resprayed frames(with car paint) are a bit chip prone tho..

Decathlon 5xc resprayed, frame is for sale going cheap.
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so what different between powder coat and respraying.i used to work in a car body shop and have resprayed a few bike frames to a high standard.
i thought powdercoating gave a heavy finish that wasnt smooth and kind of plasticy(?) but lots of these look very smooth and flat?
ive found that resprayed frames(with car paint) are a bit chip prone tho..

Powder coating is a dry applied finish - literally a powder sprayed onto the frame, the powder and frame are charged and the powder sticks electrostatically.

then it is baked and the powder melts to form a very durable coating.

Respray is a wet applied finish i.e. a pigment in a solvent, cellulose, water etc that you spray on and wait for the solvent to evaporate.

2 pack is a sort of hybrid - think of it as a sprayable coloured 'araldite' the finish sets due to a chemical reaction from the 2 part (2 pack) elements of the spray - like araldite glue does.

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£45 from Redditch shotblasters..
And about 3 sheets of A4 reflective sticky stuff from ebay.

Bucks fizz by Bonestter and Sainsburys I think..

Peugeot Astor Grey, Cost me nothing did it myself in a home made booth in my Garage, paint was aquired 😉

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In teh sun it loks bloody fantastic

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bob jacksons cant remember the price

mick - would break my neck if I tried riding yours but would put it on a wall and call it art any day! Loverrrrly.

Just got swingarm back from Orange to replace stripped helicoil.
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anybody used colourtech powdercoaters at Hindley Green in Wigan?

I'm gona need my hustler doing shortly

and has anybody stripped the frame therself say with nirto mors?

i dont fancy letting someone go mad with a blaster unless they're a bicycle sprayer

My Rock Lobster

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Ooh! Singletrackmonkey, do Merlin do Lobster stickers? I could do with getting the anodising on mine replaced with something a bit more durable.

I emailed Paul Sadoff direct from Rock Lobster in the US - the chap who designs them. He was only too please to supply me with some new decals providing I sent him a pic of the newly painted frame! Nice chap

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The 853 sticker is from ebay.

Any recommendations for the Manchester area?

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It's Saab Graphite grey metallic and looks very good in the sun but too small in this photo. I've used black graphics and they almost blend in but not quite with I think looks cool.

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£30 for the fork lowers and frame from the powder pot in Blandford Dorset. I did need to put new bushings in the fork though, at £20.

Renton: Just been linked to this thread. I used> http://www.powder-coatings.ltd.uk/