HC,

She's there now, waiting for the special yellow coating to come in. The place is in Manassas, VA and they are very bike centric. The site is www.figureengineering.com. You could have left the paint on, they do a special media stripping and blasting. I checked out a frame that just finished being prepped, it was cool looking and felt strange... rough, not smooth. I am thinking of having my MTB done like that, bare steel and decals. It is usually a 1 day turnaround but because I am using a special color coating and doing the lugs and tubes different colors it is going to take a little longer.