Originally Posted by
alex_74
When doing a resto project is power coat a bad idea?
It all depends on the bike, it's current state of finish, your budget, its intended use, and your care factor (will you care what others think). You will have a lot of opinions and reasons in yes, no, and maybe flavours. I've seen some great powdercoating examples on this site. It is tougher and cheaper than a wet paint. It is much harder to remove PC. Although I did use some spray on gasket stripper to remove powdercoat from a crankset & it worked very well. If you do decide to PC, do your homework or go with a recommendation, with both the sandblaster and the PCer. Use people that are familiar with bikes and have a good rep.
Tell us a bit more about the bike etc?