powder coat

Just to let you guys know i dont know much about powder coating. My
Koxx-one frame is pretty scratched up and looks terrible. i was
thinking of getting it powder coated white. How much do you guys think
it would cost me. or maby if there is a way of doing it myself. i
remember a long time ago where someone did it with an old oven.

thanks
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Get a powder coating kit, Its fairly easy to do. I have one. You need to
devote an oven to it though, so no cooking in it afterwards. Also it
helps a lot to have solvents for cleaning greese and stickers off, then
a bead/sand blaster for old paint/chrome removal. You need the part to
be -clean-.


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Or you can just have it done by a powdercoater.

It costs me $20 to $25 and I can choose from about 100 colors.

Look in the yellow pages.


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Tellurider wrote:
Or you can just have it done by a powdercoater.

It costs me $20 to $25 and I can choose from about 100 colors.

Look in the yellow pages.





Haha why buy a kit when its $25....Thats a good deal


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sweet! i was expectiong more than 25 bucks!
evan, i would probably use your idea if i was doing more than 1 part.
ill look it up in the yellow pages and ill post a pic when its done

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I just had a frame done and picked it up on Friday and they charged me
$20 for the frame and the two bearing caps including tax. Some places
charge more so don't be suprised if it cost as much as $40. If they say
it's going to be more than that send me a PM and I can give you the
contact info and you could pack it in a box and send it to them here in
Colorado and they will ship it back to you for $10. I sometimes do this
so I don't have to go get it when it's done because they are about an
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Kits are nice because you can do any part, any color, any time.


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Evan Byrne wrote:
Kits are nice because you can do any part, any color, any time.




I would like to be able to do my own powdercoating but the oven could
be a problem I would need to have a 220 outlet put in outside the
garage for an electric stove. I supose I could set up a gas oven with a
portable propane tank.

How much does the powder cost? Do you have to buy a lot of it, or can
you buy small amounts?


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Tellurider wrote:
I would like to be able to do my own powdercoating but the oven could be
a problem I would need to have a 220 outlet put in outside the garage
for an electric stove. I supose I could set up a gas oven with a
portable propane tank.

How much does the powder cost? Do you have to buy a lot of it, or can
you buy small amounts?


I believe it's like $20 for a tub of powder that could do like a dozen
bike frames.

Don't quote me on that, but it is cheap.


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wow!
i got an email back from a local powder coating business. he said it
would cot me 80 BUCKS to poder coat and sandblast a frame.
i replied asking him how much it would cost me to only get it coated.
Riley


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