Whats a typical price for powder coating a frame?

[bulletchicken]

Originally Posted by crash_duc

I just paid $100 and traded a set of CBR1KRR wheels for a swinger and bottom triple for my 1KRR streetfighter build, so it sounds like he got a killer deal. Bulletchicken, what are you using for an oven? I want to get some basic stuff (yeah HF, I know, rag on me now and get it over with) and like the size of parts your getting to do.

I just use an old Super Systems oven/proofer. See pic below.
Like the ones you would see at Subway that they have there bread in.
got it for free and it works great.
pulled all the racks out and it fits anything up to 24" front to back and 62" tall. like my bike frames and shit.

If I ever went pro or did this as a business, I would get one from these guys. http://www.tedsfabrication.com/

[crash_duc]

FREE??? That fuckin rocks!

[bulletchicken]

Originally Posted by PAYNE

that looks alot better

Certain colors do that with light.. especially candys and metallics.

[bulletchicken]

Originally Posted by gregvhen

Is 100 bucks a really good deal? i have a friend whos uncle powder coats and i asked my friend if his uncle would do my frame for 100. Am i being skeet or that just an average good deal. I know its gotta be typically more than that but dont know by how much. also his uncle had asked what color, because that affects the cost, so Im spose to pick the color out of a book, but havent gotten it. you think gold will be expensive? i want either gold, black, or white

Sorry for over running your thread...
Use these guys http://www.nicindustries.com/prismatic_powders.php
to judge colors and if you register which is free you can get pricing.
they have 6500 colors in stock.

[dlish]

losers....lol

[bulletchicken]

Originally Posted by dlish

losers....lol

All this nice metal work and that is what I will use on my fairings too.

[Outlaw Society]

FTW!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by dlish

losers....lol

[krazykyle85]

Originally Posted by buddy lenzin

Thats it? wow thats cheap!

Does that include the prep work? Mine would need sand blasting.

your bike looks sick in your avatar ahhaaa

[YSRRider]

Ted's ovens are a joke, do those piles of shit even have a fan in them yet? its critical to have even temperature throughout the oven so the parts cure evenly. Thats the difference between a $5000 oven and a $10,000 oven. I know you're probably thinking, well, I dont have that much to spend..... well.... if you cant afford the right tools than you cant be in business. You cant be a carpenter if you dont have the money to buy a saw. Again, I'm not trying to sound like an ass but in this scene, if you dont have proper tools its THAT much harder to get anywhere. When I started doing this, I came home litterally in tears because I did research but NOT ENOUGH. I took bike frames, bike wheels (aluminum) to companies that were doing sandblasting and they damn near shot media through the metal. I had to pay to replace peoples parts because they were damaged and not fixable. You cant blast aluminum with slag or amberblast at 150PSI and the place that did it didnt care, they didnt even warn me that it would destory the parts. I had to put 3 coats of white on my F4i rims and forks before I could put down the neon top coat and it still looks like someones face that has acne scaring.


http://www.jpwdesign.com/ has the best oven for a beginner. I have one and i still use it 8 hours a day, I love it. This is the same oven sold by Eastwood under the HOTCOAT name.

compare the JPW 4x4x6 to Teds 4x4x6........... its like comparing a new hummer to a 79 bronco with rusty quarters caked with mud.

[YSRRider]

Originally Posted by bulletchicken

Sorry for over running your thread...
Use these guys http://www.nicindustries.com/prismatic_powders.php
to judge colors and if you register which is free you can get pricing.
they have 6500 colors in stock.

that company is a secret!!!!! stop opening your mouth!!!!!!!