Expected cost for a powder coat?

Looking to ship off my saracen for a plain white coat of powder. How much is a reaonable price for a flat white coat?

If I wanted to go crazy and add a lacquer to add a pearlescent effect, how much will that add to the job?

I spoke to a local company I used before and the price seemed very high, especially as they last job they did wasn't the best.

Around Edinburgh, the prices are between £40-£60

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LSN Coatings: http://www.lsn-coatings.co.uk/

Did this frame and forks for £40.00:

Bullpup":2rretx4z said:

Around Edinburgh, the prices are between £40-£60

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I've been quoted more than your top end just for the frame. Knowing the quality of the last job, I'd be better off sending it away, as even factoring in postage, it will work out the same.but with a better end result.

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xerxes":3lj0e5bc said:

LSN Coatings: http://www.lsn-coatings.co.uk/

Did this frame and forks for £40.00:

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That looks really good. How's the finish close up? What colour is it (I like it)? Looks kind of metallic. What did you need to ask for to get that?

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£40 single colour, up to £60 for metallic/flake effects or 2 colour fades.
They masked off brake bosses, bb threads etc as well.

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It is a metallic lime green, I asked for the same colour as one of the motorcycle wheels I saw in a picture on their web site, and that's what I got back. The picture doesn't really show it to it's best, in person it's a really vivid colour and the metallic much more apparent.

Close up, the finish isn't super smooth, like glass; I've seen higher gloss finishes, but I'm not sure whether that's because it's a wheel finish, or whether they perhaps didn't do a perfect job. However, because it's very sparkly/metallic the less than complete gloss finish doesn't bother me too much, it's sort of overwhelmed by the "sparkliness" if you see what I mean, if it were a solid dark colour it would be more noticeable. For the money I was very pleased, they masked all the holes, threads and brake bosses etc..

Here's a close-up of part of the frame:

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It was LSN Coatings (Castleford, West Yorkshire) who did the metallic effect powdercost on the Stumpjumper in my Sig...

I was impressed, would use them again without a doubt, I was able to drop the frame + forks off and pick them up a few weeks later (I was in no rush to finish the build).

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Local powdercoater did my girlfriends saracen frame and forks for £70. Same guy that does all my motorbike parts

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Got my frame and fork done for £30 last year. Masked everything off as well.