Originally Posted by
repechage
Thanks Neal, the Univega is an example as I was mentioning, that finish will probably be durable enough, But,to get a decent film thickness at the lugs, it has to be overloaded at the lug edges, a noe man shop will allow you to talk to the guy holding the gun, otherwise be very careful.
Fwiw, that orange Uni was one of the first that Scott did for me, and he's improved his technique a great deal since then--the lugs are much crisper but not nearly as sharp as with conventional paint.
On the rust issue, I was told by someone who's into auto restoration that he's had trouble with rust bubbling up from powdercoated parts because there's no layer of primer. I can imagine that's true, but I've also seen (and have) plenty of conventionally painted frames that were seas of bubbling rust (including the Imron painted Trek 412).
Neal