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Subject: powdercoating

Author: John Prusnek

Date: Dec 27, 2002, 5:38 AM

Post ID: 1711631991

Chris:
Yup, pretty cheap and a good job too. I go to a commercial
powdercoating place (they do stuff like 50,000 sink strainers at at
time). If you're in the Warren, OH area they're called Design Coating
Systems. I don't understand why they want to mess with my little orders,
but they seem happy to. Once they took several weeks to do my stuff, the
next time they had it done in a few days.
One problem I had was with the aluminum fork legs on one Ambo, they
were slightly pitted, had something to do with oil impregnation that
bubbled through the powdercoat when in the oven. I was able to polish
them out and they came out OK.

John Prusnek

 $150? for everything? That's amazing. I dropped $200 on my frame alone.
Steve Ford did it before his shop closed (which someone bought and is
supposed to reopen with Steven manning the shop but is taking forever). He
is actually pretty cheap for the northeast.

 
 From: John Prusnek <spaj-@raex.com>
Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com
To: "Loopfram-@topica.com" <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Subject: powdercoating
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 10:24:53 -0500

Matt:
I spent around $150 for powdercoating on my each of my Ambos, this
included the frame and 26 pieces, which included fork covers and legs (mask
the inside where the axle goes through and the threads on top), headlight
shell, battery tray, etc. I handed everything over stripped, sandblasted
and ready to go. You do have to go over with the guy who does it what you
want masked, like threads and threaded holes and such. You'll still have to
remove it from places on the frame, battery tray, headlight shell, and rear
fender to make sure that you have a good electrical ground throughout your
system.
On my second Ambo, I had them go over the black with clear powdercoat;
it gave it a shinier finish and the black was blacker, rather than having
greyish overtones. The drawback was that it was a bit thicker.


John Prusnek


 
 
 anybody want to give me a ballpark or figures on what they spent, or have
been quoted to powdercoat thier frame. I am also thinking about coating
the fork legs, swingarm, headlight supports ...

thanks Matt in MI

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