RE: [CR]RE: Advice on enameling.

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing:Columbus)

From: "David Toppin" <dave@pelletizer.com>
To: "'Eric Phillips'" <altinos@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [CR]RE: Advice on enameling.
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:22:22 -0400
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Custom Concepts Sounds Expensive! I use New England Industrial Coatings.

David Toppin dave@pelletizer.com http://www.pelletizer.com <see our complete, searchable inventory

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-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Eric Phillips Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:33 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]RE: Advice on enameling.

I had a quote recently from Custom Concepts in Detroit to strip and powder coat my Atala Gran Prix, they estimated $100-$175. It's a fair price for the work, but certainly not that cheap!

On 9/4/06, David Toppin <dave@pelletizer.com> wrote:
>
> I understand why you guys want to do stuff yourself, but if you're
> going to use spray cans, which will never give you a particularly good
> job in the grand scheme of things, why not just powder coat. It is
> very cheap, I bet you can get a frame & fork sand blasted and powder
> coated for around 50 bucks. It just doesn't seem worth it to me to go
> through the prep hassle to save that kind of money. Maybe I value my
> time too much!
>

Eric Phillips
Southfield, MI