That frame has been painted hot and the painter has put too much powder on it.
He will have definatley seen it and is trying it on.
Any half decent company would put that right, I would take it back.
You have payed top money (if it's an industrial paint co) and would expect a top job.
BTW ex powder coater here 😆
That's shite.
Had a hardtail powder coated for £40 and it was immaculate.
I would hope they admit it's a poor job and repaint it.
from what a couple refinishers told me recently they turn the pressure down to blast alloy (some places may use a different blast media though), without adding fuel to the fire I'd be pretty worried if it was the same bandit that blasted it as coated.
tazzy, no, its a chap in Burton called CJ Ward.
is that burton on trent?
This thread has made me a little uneasy as my frame is currently off being powdercoated 😕
I would reccomend topmarques in fenton as they have done top work for a few of the chaps I ride with.very good prices as well, which always helps
In reading theres a place on Cardiff Road that does a good job, mlots of motorcycle frames and alloy wheels for private customers as well as the usual stuff for business customers. Cost £50 as I nitromorsed 90% of the frme myself.
I wouldn't recomed the place in Sheffield behind the incinerator, they seem to do big things like crowd fencing etc and the quality of the finishing shows, not as bad as that, but then it was only £20. Fine for a commuter, but I did feel a little robbed.
£35 for frame and fork down here.....thats including shotblasting!!
1st class job too! Less for just a frame
I have decided to find a new place to have it re-done and this rubbish stripped again. I would prefer to have the RAL 4010 pink (I am a grirl), but may consider a different colour.
I won't be able to mark the bearing surfaces and threads myself as this chap filled some with paint, so it will have to be done after stripping. I can supply pricures and detailed descripetion of what not to coat.
Any recommendations?
After my experience, I may also consider wet paint, but would prefer a nice powdercoat.
Thanks
Simone
Get it off to Argos racing cycles, they'll sort it out properly
[url] http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/another-powder-coating-question [/url]
Looks like some decent (and cheaper recomendations) here too
I have had several done by these guys...
For £35 inc blasting - and a superb job each time! The last one I took back they stripped with chemicals, as they said they had blasted it the time before, and didn't like blasting more than once!!
ps. yes I like changing the colour a bit too much 😳
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Kaesae you really are an idiot 🙄
I'll second Triple S. Excellent job on my road frame.
Never had a bad one
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Very astute thesouthernfairy, well done on noticing that 💡
Does the frame have the same effect over it's entire surface or just in centain spots. It could be that they have used far too heavy shot to strip the frame, or it might be a terrible spray job.
I think that doing that to your frame is well out of order and no one wants a nightmare like that to deal with.
Hopefully you will get it sorted and the frame will be fine.
Looks like it's been toooo long in the bath 😉
That is a rubbish job. Return it. I had my Cove Stiffee resprayed under warranty by Argos as the original paint flaked. I got them to lacquer in the decals whilst it was there. A greasy hand in the lacquering stage ruined that finsh, so Argos took it back, no question and the finish is only just breaking nearly 10 years later. Fair wear and tear I reckon for a paint finish.
As for that powdercoat, not even any of our forestry or agri' kit has a finish that bad.
Cheers for all the replies. They offered to try and sort it (sand by hand and apply another layer?!?), but I am going somewhere else for a full strip (chemical) and recoat. Just have to wait and see what it's like when stripped, fingers crossed it is just a rubbish coat and they have not killed my beloved frame... I will send in my husband to get the pennies back.
anyone have any experience with armourtexltd?
Thanks
Simone
I had my Intense Socom done by Armourtex. They masked off the head tube, BB, ISCG face plate and all the bearing mounts no worries.
Finish was great when it came back. Also - if you're not sure about colour, they have a series of metal pipe offcuts sprayed in various different colours so you can pick one based on how it'll look when it's done.
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Never had a bad one
Gonna have to disagree with you there 😉
I've had a few frames powder coated and had mostly good results except one time it didn't go so well.
I had one of the first Giant Reigns and I had it powder coated in a lovely antique bronze finish, however after building it up, over a course of a few weeks the frame got slacker and slacker and it was slowly bending.
After speaking to the company who had done it (cheap and cash in hand), it turned out he had recently bought an oven that he puts items in overnight before shot blasting to soften the old paint and reduce time shot blasting.
We both agreed as the frame had 'hydroformed' tubing it was likely that the extra heat (not the powder coating curing heat) of the oven had caused the problems.
If I now use him again, I insist that they don't go into the oven over night and if the old paint comes off easily he'll just shot blast it or I strip it myself.
