Rattle can painting
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Chopper the ex Copper
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Probably be about £30 to get them powder coated, maybe less if you're not in a hurry and they can slip it through the oven with other stuff. Rattle can finish won't cost much less and won't last long with sprogs.
frank.youngman
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Rattle can paint is too soft and doesn't last
Check out the "Official recommended or not paint-shop thread" on this forum.
Down in sunny Devon I have been charged between £48 and £65 for shot blast and powder coating frame and forks,but the finish is very durable.You will have to strip the bike down and remove the bottom bracket and headset.
I have tried a rattle can finish on the boys BMX but I ended up spending a load of cash on something which did not last.Download a RAL colour chart for an idea of what colours you can get.
Check out the "Official recommended or not paint-shop thread" on this forum.
Down in sunny Devon I have been charged between £48 and £65 for shot blast and powder coating frame and forks,but the finish is very durable.You will have to strip the bike down and remove the bottom bracket and headset.
I have tried a rattle can finish on the boys BMX but I ended up spending a load of cash on something which did not last.Download a RAL colour chart for an idea of what colours you can get.
Chopper the ex Copper
Alpinestars Fan
Bloody hell. I've never paid more than £50 for a whole frame and forks.
frank.youngman
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Yes Devon is very expensive,price was for complete frame and forks.Cheapest locally is £48,most expensive quote was £85!
Yes Devon is very expensive,price was for complete frame and forks.Cheapest locally is £48,most expensive quote was £85!
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Varies from 30 odd to 70 odd depending on there quality you want up here. You get what you pay for.
Alison LSN Coiating in Castleford are cheap and good enough quality. Probably get the framer done at the same time. I think 35 quid or the like.
Yorvik are higher quality apparently and a bit more costly, will do intricate details and finishings and costs more. Things like two colour abrupt changes cost twice as much iirc.
http://www.lsn-coatings.co.uk
http://www.yorvik-es.co.uk/powder.html
Varies from 30 odd to 70 odd depending on there quality you want up here. You get what you pay for.
Alison LSN Coiating in Castleford are cheap and good enough quality. Probably get the framer done at the same time. I think 35 quid or the like.
Yorvik are higher quality apparently and a bit more costly, will do intricate details and finishings and costs more. Things like two colour abrupt changes cost twice as much iirc.
http://www.lsn-coatings.co.uk
http://www.yorvik-es.co.uk/powder.html
marc two tone
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Aye, it's worth jumping on the A64 and heading darn t' cas. They now do some funky colours, except flouro, something about it attracting contaminants.
It's best to keep an open mind on colour til you get there, then see what they have.
Rattle- can, can be a pain. By the time the have bought 2 tins of finish, 1 primer, maybe lacquer, 24h between coat drying time...blah....it is too soft for even canal tow-paths n stuff. LSN will do the stem, bars for nowt. Allow £40-ish.
Aye, it's worth jumping on the A64 and heading darn t' cas. They now do some funky colours, except flouro, something about it attracting contaminants.
It's best to keep an open mind on colour til you get there, then see what they have.
Rattle- can, can be a pain. By the time the have bought 2 tins of finish, 1 primer, maybe lacquer, 24h between coat drying time...blah....it is too soft for even canal tow-paths n stuff. LSN will do the stem, bars for nowt. Allow £40-ish.
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dont knock rattle can just yet, I've had paint jobs from Argos that have chipped at the merest sniff of a simile
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Argos don't powder coat though. My Argos painted bike it chipped and battered like a proper bike now.
Argos don't powder coat though. My Argos painted bike it chipped and battered like a proper bike now.
