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Powder coat costs?
Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the Paint Booth & Chop Shop forum. This winter I want to take my bike apart and get it powder coated. My rattlecan paintjob looked nice but ...  | | 
09-23-2008, 10:00 AM
| | Doug in Wyoming | | Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 21
| |  Powder coat costs?
This winter I want to take my bike apart and get it powder coated. My rattlecan paintjob looked nice but did not hold up very well to the tightening and adjustments that come with motor bicycling. Can anyone give me some information on what I should expect my costs to be to have the powder coating professionally done. I am going to have the frame and chainguard done but no fenders. |
09-23-2008, 10:24 AM
| | Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 44
| |  Re: Powder coat costs?
Powder coat can vary between dealers,-If you want a basic color,check with a friend whom might work at a factory that coats their parts,they might help you out for nothing.I have my own oven and gun because of the expence.I can do a harley frame ,basic color for less than 10.00 a shop would charge 300.00-500.00 to do it.My first setup came from HARBOR FREIGHT and i still use it today.I have the use of a 30ft.x125 ft oven than can bake a semi truck bed.powder can also be baked, with a heat lamp think about setting up a small business at home to coat parts.You can do it for less than letting someone else do it for you.HARLEYS DAD |
09-25-2008, 05:25 PM
|  | Master Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cropwell Alabama
Posts: 144
| | Re: Powder coat costs?
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Originally Posted by DOC BOLM  Powder coat can vary between dealers,-If you want a basic color,check with a friend whom might work at a factory that coats their parts,they might help you out for nothing.I have my own oven and gun because of the expence.I can do a harley frame ,basic color for less than 10.00 a shop would charge 300.00-500.00 to do it.My first setup came from HARBOR FREIGHT and i still use it today.I have the use of a 30ft.x125 ft oven than can bake a semi truck bed.powder can also be baked, with a heat lamp think about setting up a small business at home to coat parts.You can do it for less than letting someone else do it for you.HARLEYS DAD | I just bought the same Harbor Freight powder gun on sale yesterday for $59.00. I bought the paints in 16 oz cans for $3.99 each. I found an oven on FREECYCLE.COM for free. I now powder coat my own parts. It's fun and cheap. Not hard at all. |
09-26-2008, 03:39 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 44
| | Re: Powder coat costs?
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Originally Posted by Biker Mike I just bought the same Harbor Freight powder gun on sale yesterday for $59.00. I bought the paints in 16 oz cans for $3.99 each. I found an oven on FREECYCLE.COM for free. I now powder coat my own parts. It's fun and cheap. Not hard at all. | Biker mike go to eastwood.com they have any color powder you could ever want. HARLEYS DAD |
09-26-2008, 08:23 PM
|  | Master Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Posts: 705
| | Re: Powder coat costs?
I put the Dijurno Pizza on the top rack  Yep, Eastwood, thats the place!
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09-26-2008, 08:36 PM
| | Master Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cropwell Alabama
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| | Re: Powder coat costs?
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Originally Posted by DOC BOLM Biker mike go to eastwood.com they have any color powder you could ever want. HARLEYS DAD | Cool, Thanks  |
09-26-2008, 10:14 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Glendale, AZ
Posts: 33
| | Re: Powder coat costs?
I understand you are joking, but just in case somebody doesn't know, my understanding is once an oven is used for powder coating, it is poisoned or contaminated for use by food. So don't use the kitchen oven for powder coat or the shop powder coat oven for food.
Jim
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09-27-2008, 09:28 AM
| | Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 44
| | Re: Powder coat costs?
If anyone is looking for a great chrome.candy,hightemp,powder check out www.absolutepowdercoating.com.They also carry aerosol touch-up to match. HARLEYS DAD |
09-27-2008, 02:10 PM
| | Master Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cropwell Alabama
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09-27-2008, 07:14 PM
|  | Senior Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sonora Ca.
Posts: 57
| | Re: Powder coat costs?
Measured my oven, nope
Went to the second hand store and measured the ovens, nope
Measured an old pizza oven, close but still nope.
How would a person construct an oven big enough for a bicycle frame?  | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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