Originally Posted by
krue1971
I've not done bike stuff but I did powdercoat some brackets for an old truck and I loved the way they turned out. I have some friends that have access to powdercoat equipment at their school who did a bike frame for my son after I prepped it. If I had known stripping the paint off of the frame was going to be that much work I would never have started.
How did you go about stripping the frame? There's a stripper called Benco B17 that is specifically for powder coat but it is really effective for just about any paint. However, its expensive, dangerous, and smells awful. Not worth it for 1 frame, but if you are stripping stuff often, it is a huge time-saver. You can soak rags in the B17 and wrap them around the bike frame, that way you don't have to order the huge quantity needed to dip the entire frame at once.