Your opinions are your opinions. I'm more than happy to stand by what I said on the subject. Great for hardware and such, not so great for vintage steel bicycles, IMHO. Greg Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:12:17 -0800 From: Brandon Ives <brandon@ivycycles.com> To: "usgeigers" <geiggle@sbcglobal.net> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] powder coating vs. wet paint
First off let me say there is nothing wrong with powdercoating a
classic bike. Like all paint and related techniques things progress
everyday. Personally, these days, I find powdercoating a superior way
of painting. My main two reasons are that it's more durable and much
more environmentally friendly. The only time you'll see corrosion
under the paint is if it wasn't prepped well and doesn't have anything
to do with the paint layer itself. If you don't think spider-webbing
doesn't happen with liquid paint I'll send you a picture of my big-name
custom painted Imron OT frame with it happening. People have also
talked about removal being a pain. The only person that should care is
the painter not the customer. From the customers end 'hard to remove'
is a benefit, not a problem. As far as lug edges disappearing under
the powder that is just poor painting technique. My wife's multi-layer
powder job I did on her bike 5 years ago is thinner, clearer, and
cleaner than the paint liquid Trek put on it in the '70s.
Powdercoating has come a long way in the last 10 years, so if you
haven't given it a look in that time please do so. Ignorance is no
excuse so check out:
http://www.powdercoating.org/
On Thursday, Dec 29, 2005, at 00:16 US/Pacific, usgeigers wrote:
> I'm a man who listens for tid-bits of good advice and massive amounts
> of
> wisdom. I am re-thinking the powder coat idea and am now looking into
> spray
> paint pricing and lead-time. Thank you both!