Originally Posted by
Six jours
Cool. Now we all yell at each other about CycleArt for the next three pages!
<edit> Keep the pictures somewhere safe, and include them if you ever sell the frame: it deserves a full restoration, someday. Speaking personally, I consider powder coat a "preservative" that will keep the fame in good shape until it gets restored to its former glory.
I would not select Cyclart without some more due diligence. I can almost predict... "your frame / fork needs an alignment, chasing of the BB threads, alignment of the dropouts... seat tube honing... that will be $XX.xx extra, boxing to ship back, XX.xx, media blast to remove existing paint... $XX.xx, powdercoat, $XX.xx, detail the hearts on the fork crown...$XX.xx, tap the dropouts so you can thread derailleur and the adjusters back in $XX.xx..., toxic disposal fee, added percentage as we don't really want to fix price quote... images of the bare frame for your records, $XX.xx grand total, 1.7x the price of the basic powder coat job price we verbally discussed on the phone, but we have your frame here and it will cost you for us to box and ship it back if you don't want to go forward....
A basic wet spray job can easily be found with a bit of referencing for probably the same amount and a "fixed price" or no surprise price concluded elsewhere. Cyclart can do good work, if you reference a few threads on this forum you might well come to my conclusion.
Cyclart's value is where handholding is necessary and budget is not. The also can recreate oddball graphics from time to time but you pay for that handsomely, again, as a one stop, write the check when its done and wish no project management yourself, they are useful.
Trying to be fair at the end of the year.
Where is the original poster located?