[Closed] orange or blue for powdercoating!! help me choose.

on the colour charts on the link
http://www.powder-coatings.ltd.uk/colour-charts.php
im looking at blues.........

18E50
20E51
172 and 175

oranges are.......

10E53
08E51
ral 1028 and 1033

any others you would consider??

ral 2004

but thats red??

http://nwalps.fotopic.net/p61372772.html

Shite photo but you get the idea.

strong orange 😉

Just dropped my 5Spot off for bright orange, so I'd say blue so your not the same.

what ral orange did you go for then??

Err dunno showed him 'Orange' orange and said match that.

how orange would you like?
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Orange AND blue for that Gulf racing look - GT40s and Porsches look cool in it 🙂

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My inbred before the tigger stripes went on..

Is that bright enough for you? god knows what colour it was, I said make it look like a can of tango orange.

Blue/green-ish?

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mic there is no piccy showing!!

iirc you had yours done at redditch shot blasting.

how would you say the quality of the work is as this is where im going to get mine done as they are closest to me (im in droitwich)

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Whoa! Didn't meen to post it three times! But it's very orange!

Tough choice..

I had the offer of a free powdercoat in blue.

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Renton,

finish wise it's not argos etc , but the price reflects this. It's a nice sturdy paint job that hasn't chipped in the last 2 years of abuse.
If it was a IF, then it would be getting the Argos treatment, but it's an inbred. And 45 sheets brought a very tired and tatty frame a new lease of life. ( It rides better too, honest!!)

Try again.....

An orange/red RAL 3001

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Dangerboy - love that blue, any tips on how to replicate it, e.g. ral or bs code?

Thanks,

Jerome...

Neon Orange

Hi Jerome,
Can't remember exactly as I was picking from the colours they had in stock, but RAL 6027 sounds about right, could have been 6034 :o)

Thanks. I'll look into it.

Jerome...

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not as ORANGE as above!

Renton- what frame is it? You dont want the finish to be similar to a previous year(s) same frame model do you?

Im having a 456 refinished in RAL 1003 Signal yellow.

Katie wanted baby blue or bright orange till she got to the powdercoaters and picked this

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Tracey

Tracey, stop showing that off! 😀

...cough what RAL is it?

Poor shot, but you can get an idea of the orangeyness (it's a sort of slightly creamy, Sainsbury's orange orange).
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Simple...

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My orange Orange. The picture doesn't really show how bright it is.

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Orange??

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(yes, it's a double, before the bash got fitted - that's why it looks small...)

RAL 1021
RAL 5012

Dont know the RAL but im sure the guy who did it will tell you

Tracey

You know you wants the baby blue Enduro!

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The Gulf colours are a good idea. Blue front with orange rear. You will have to get some graphix made up because you cant buy them unless somebody has recently started thats why mine had SX trail ones. But orange stickers on the blue front end would look good.

anyone know the ral's for the gulf colour then??

oh and where could i get some stickers made up for it too??

Quick bit of research suggests you want 5012 for the blue (thats the same as mine was) and 2008 for the orange. A good powdercoater should be able to do some sort of blend at the back of the front triangle.

References.

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Dropped my frame off on Tuesday to be coated blue - BS172. Should be getting it back tomorrow snow permitting.

right im a bit concerned now as ive just been reading the other thread about the chap who is getting a heckler powdercoatd.

santa cruz have told him not as it will wreck the frame??

something to do with the heating process.

anyone shed some light on it for me please!

Tracey and AndyM - Those blue enduros are gorgeous. I would have never thought those shades would look so good on a frame like that! 😀

Sme fraome, in 2 different guises

Original out the box 853 Inbred baby blue
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Argos powdercoated orange after a snapped chainstay
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Just looking at those pics now it's difficult to believe, even to me, that those pics are technically the same bike!

About the only unchanged parts now are the chainset, shifters, headset and front wheel now. SInce the second pic was taken the rear wheel has been rebuilt onto a new hub and the bars, stem, tyres, saddle and grips changed

Renton just make sure the coaters know its Ali and that they will use a low temp coating. The high temp ones can bend the frame. There are plenty of people on here who have their Ali frames powdercoated not to mention that santa cruz actually sell frames new that are powdercoated!

Andy M/Renton - Yes I have another post about PC my Heckler Brilliant White but a peeps say that the integrity of the welding could be compromised??? SC, like any other company will always say modifying anything will invalidate warranty so no really bothered and my warranty runs out in a few months!

When I take it to my local PC I'm just gonna tell them its Alu.

Oi! Enough of the Gulf colour suggestions, going to do my Hustler that way soon, thought it would be unique 🙂 Cool colour scheme though...

Have a look here for new stickers.

http://slikgraphics.com/products/frame-decals/