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Powder coating... What colour.

14 posts & 5 voices | Started 2 years ago by juan | Latest reply from juan

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juan - Member

Right my trusty steed (I know I know) is at the welding shop right now. Next stage is probably going to be a new coat of paint.

To be fair I am wondering about the "new" colour. Part of me is wondering if I should not have it sanded/blasted/piranhaed bare with just a PU varnish on it. Other option could be hi viz commencal orange, or a green (probably a hi viz commencal green). I could go back to red indeed but maybe a more darkish red than the RAL 3000.
I have googled for RAL charts, but I can't find anything decent. So in the pure STW style, show me your powder coated frame

OK I am going to make it a new thread

Posted 2 years ago #
allmountain76 - Member

get it dipped and polish it with wet and dry / wire wool and mothers polish. No need for any laquer if its aluminium alloy. Obviously if its steel tho.....

Posted 2 years ago #
allmountain76 - Member

http://www.nicolai.net/products/features/colorchart.html

not quite a ral chart but im sure they would help out if you asked about a specific colour.

Posted 2 years ago #
juan - Member

AM76 it's a steed therefore in steel indeed
Some nice colour in the nicolaï chart thanks

Posted 2 years ago #
juan - Member

So Fire dept red? kawa green? jagermaïster? karminrot? reinorange? gelbgrün?

Posted 2 years ago #
mogsuncle - Member

Fire Department Red!

(My refurbished Helius CC finally nearing completion.)

Posted 2 years ago #
juan - Member

Mog any pic of the helius?

Posted 2 years ago #
mogsuncle - Member

??? I can see it just above the text in brackets. Can no one else?!

Posted 2 years ago #
juan - Member

Nope I can't. Maybe It will appear in a bit. Plus you need the [img] tags to make it work.

EDIT Now it just appeared.

Posted 2 years ago #
mogsuncle - Member

Oops! I think I had the permissions set wrong on the photo hosting website.

The red looks great 'in the flesh'. I probably wouldn't have gone with it if not powder coated though - the lovely glossy (almost liquid looking) finish I think is specific to that method.

The 'raw' look that allmountain suggests also looks terrific though.

What frame is it you're refurbishing?

Posted 2 years ago #
juan - Member

it's my handjob. Not really some refurbishment though. The weld is cracking so I got it to get fixed. So I will have a patch of raw metal. Not usre I'll like it.

Posted 2 years ago #
jonb - Member

My powdercoating shop had a selection of samples they could show you to pick the colour from. IMO there are better selections than RAL. I went for something described as Candy Red, it was more expensive because it was a two coat finish. In the same range they had some interesting effects they could do.

Not the greates of photos, google candy red to get more.

Posted 2 years ago #
cynic-al - Member

red white and bleu

Posted 2 years ago #
juan - Member

LOL @ al you mean like an union jack

Posted 2 years ago #