Hi all,
After being left home alone last week whilst my wife went out galavanting, i've curiously ended up with a shiny silver Campagnolo Athena groupset which i'm contemplating sticking on my old road frame.
The frame in question is pretty nice (SL or SLX from memory) & had a little bit of brazing work done to the chainstay area where some rusty pin holes appeared when it was shot blasted & powedercoated recently - the powdercoating wasn't great & has since got worse, (the guy wasn't happy with it & didn't charge me but it was ok for a town bike) so now i'm thinking about getting it done again before I stick the new groupset on.
There's a couple of small dints in the tt from leaning against stuff when locked up etc. and a slight bit of pitting visible next to the cable entry/exit points on the tt too so i'm wondering if there's any way of smoothing these out before it's powdercoated again or would I have to have it painted instead if these are to be filled? Don't want to spend a fortune on it, so sending it off to Argos for a £200+ finish isn't happening - would rather keep an eye out for something else in good original shape - anyone had good results from a bodyshop etc. or can anyone recommend a place in the Glasgow area that might be good?
Cheers,
J
Have a chat with Ben at Kinetics.
Good shout, cheers - hopefully he'll appear by magic & set me straight - I remember him saying ESP were good for powdercoating from a previous search but not sure if there's anything that could smooth the imperfections & withstand the powdercoating process. The imperfections aren't massive but I know they're there & it would drive me mental if I didn't get them fixed before a(nother) refurb 😕
Shand do refinishing too iirc.
And Clarkston Cycle Centre used to do frame repairs, maybe worth a phone call about paint?
It was Alex(?) at Clarkston that did the wee repair to the chainstay a year or so ago - that's another option I hadn't thought of - I remember they had a Bob Jackson frame that had a really nice paint scheme hanging up in the shop, could be some inspiration there!