Originally Posted by
carl7
Hello folks, I stripped my 1990 Schwinn Paramount PGD 70 MTB. I'm torn between powder coating or just touching up a few small, minor rust areas. Mainly wondering if powder coating is durable.
I can also have the frame bead blasted only and painting myself.
Thanks!
...if you have the choice, matching and touching up a few small areas is always preferable, IME.
There are a number of issues that can arise in powdercoating that can be painful to address upon reassembly, not the least of which is that you never seem to get to talk to the actual guys doing the spraying of the PC.
There are myriad stories here about threads, headset race seats, and other places on your frame that don't do well with plastic on them, but got it anyway. I have a couple of stories myself, and my guy supposedly has done a lot of bike frames.