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RidetheRAAM4

Any good reccomendations for a place to go for custom paint?

I am starting to have visions of slowly building a new SS.

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Olympic Powder Coating
2737 South Garnsey Street
Santa Ana, CA
92707-3340
Phone: (714) 979-2233

mtnbikerfred

+1000

tkblazer

not sure about local stuff, but i've always liked how Spectrum stuff came out

http://spectrumpowderworks.com/

Chaos

or if you've got time and want more custom stuff try
http://www.spectrumpowderworks.com/

doh... Nam got it first...
I'm gonna strip down my One9 and send it in this summer.

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DeeZee

we have used them for bike frames, lawn furniture etc.......... Great to deal with

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Fired Yo Momma

I want a custom painted Red Sox or Star Wars theme Bike

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davidB

how much do they normally run for a powder coat of the frame?

been thinking about doing this to the duke brown kona

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DeeZee

as far as the Red Suxs...go to Lowes and get some Red Krylon. Then go to the section that sales mail boxs and get a the letter B. Put it on the head badge.

Done

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RidetheRAAM4

I don't know about the red socks...

But I have been having visions of a nice bright red frame

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silverspot

Olympic? Around $100 or so - and that includes sand blasting the old paint off.

slowSSer

from my past looking, single color starts at $200.

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FoShizzle

agreed....that is where my Terremoto came from and boy do lots of custom builders use them....and for good reason.

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tkblazer

hardtails are usually cheaper, i think shannon paid like $75... my orange intense was $125 and my blue reign cost $150 due to the color and pearl in the coat

DeeZee

Alum frames are more expensive (can't use sand blasting)

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spookydave

when did powder coat become paint?

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slowSSer

its sort of the same. powder coat is where one part is positively charged (paint...er, powder) and your frame is negatively charged- the paint jumps onto the frame.

then, it gets baked on!

benefit: less mess. the powder is just that- a dry powder, NOT wet paint. better on the environment as well.

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spookydave

safe to say you are not a custom painter.

less mess?? have you ever tried one of those DIY deals from Eastwood? They work killer but I make much less mess with my Binks.

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reflux

My experience is as follows. Same frame. Same color. Different results.

Frame - 2000 Dean Private.
Originally painted Dean (Kawasaki) Green by Spectrum
Repainted by Olympic circa 2005 or 2006 with Dean (Kawasaki) Green

First paint job experienced some cracking. I rode the frame very hard for a couple years back in college, but it shouldn't have needed the numerous touch-ups like it did. Also to my disappointment, there was a tiny amount of bubling near the dropouts. That was not being cool.

Olympic's paintjob has held up great. While I don't ride the bike quite like I used to, I am still very happy with how it's held up over the past few years. Close inspection upon receipt of the completed frame showed no bubbling or other issues.

Unless I need a fully custom job, an area in which Spectrum is unmatched, I can't think of a reason why I wouldn't choose Olympic.

northshore

P.M. Maxwell. He repainted the Kona recently.

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