powdercoat
 

if anyone is in the PA area, and needs a good powdercoater,
i just hit a gold mine.
just had my frame,fork, two rims, and a stem all coated for under $70.
and it looks sweeeeeeet
pm me.

this is probably in the wrong place, so feel free to yell at me.

Anyone have a good, similarly priced recommendation for Chicago-area?

if in chicago area, look into chicago powder coaters, or get the powder coating hobby gun, used by many industrial places and costs between 45-60$ US and you can get about 2 pounds of a solid colour for about 10-20$ extra and all it takes is an oven to bake a powder coat job at about 375F

I like the thought process, but who has an oven that will fit a bicycle frame?

I have the same question as the 2nd poster about Sacramento, CA. I would love to be able to PC my frame for $60.

Me too. (There was a thread in the NorCal forum but no good recommendations came out of that.)

I'm sure if a few of us get together and do the same color we could get a good deal. There are 5-6 folks at the Bike Kitchen who have talked about this too. Email me at chris"at"sacbikekitchen"dot"org

Done.

http://www.powdercoating.org/members/custom/ca.htm


also for ovens that will fit bike frames... you'd be surprised how easily you can find a large oven for free ;)
craigslist for the free stuff

PA area? PA is huge dude, was it in Lancaster?

Done, thanks Chris. I will probably need mine bead blasted since the paint is actually just fine,.... but can get that done if need be.

for those in Washington i found a guy on craigslist that will do a stripped from for 70 and 100 for him to strip. i bet you can negotiate, he also takes trades.

right down the road in leola.
but figuring most people are paying between 80-100 for a frame, i'm figuring folks wouldnt mind driving a few minutes for that kind of $$ back in their pocket.

the best thing i've been able to think up is to find a pizza shop thats going out of business. a pizza oven would be absolutely perfect for a frame.

$10-30 for some of PA is not worth the gas money to get there. Thanks for the note though, lancaster might /almost/ be close enough to make that trip worth it if I need a powdercoat.

or find a local potter and try to use his/her Kiln.

It would be great to do it your self.
DIY Powdercoat Gun
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zapwiza...7594167019934/
As for the oven, I think Raku firing oven is the way to go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv3SR7wLeoo
Complete Powder Coating system for $70
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-C...spagenameZWDVW

sent you an email chris :)