>I once had a nice Benotto (Mexico) lugged steel frameset "powder coated". I
>recommend against powdercoating, and prefer regular bicycle paint instead.
>The problem with electrostatic powdercoating is that it does not adhere
>well to the edges of the lugs; rust started to rather quickly form on the
>Benotto. I was warned of this in advance by a Italian bicycling friend of
>mine, who did great bodywork on cars. I didn't believe him, and found out
>the hard way that he was right!
I can tell you one thing. It wasn't painted or prepped correctly. If
these two things are done right you will have no problems with rust. I've
painted at least 5 lugged bikes that have survived daily use in Eugene,
Oregon for at least a year, and over 2 years with 1 of the bikes. I was
the back-up painter for Bike Friday during my almost 2 years there.
Powdercoating has come a long way in 10 years but painting bicycle frames
is still one of the hardest things to paint well. I don't think this topic
is quite on-topic, so I'll just say e-mail me personally or check out the
Framebuilders archive which has beat this subject to death at least twice
is you want more information.
http://www.phred.org/
enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
PS: the lug lines are much crisper on my wife's Trek after my 4-layer powdercoat than with the original liquid paint job.
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