Originally Posted by
Broom Wagon
If I was to disassemble my drive train, wheels, brakes, handlebars, who is the best powder coater to ship my steel frame to in the USA?
Why would you want to increase your price by 50% instead of doing it locally?
There has to be someone near Hollywood that can do a good powder coat.
With round trip shipping of a frame ($60+), unless there is an epidemic of poor powder coaters that I haven't heard of, I wouldn't ship unless I couldn't find a reputable local powder coater.
For paint, that could be a little different since the cost of a paint job (let's say $400+) means that you're only paying less than 15% of the total cost to ship. And I would pay a 15% premium to get a painter with a great reputation.