softfeet
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| posted on 14/3/16 at 11:46 AM |
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Powder coating in south London / Surrey - recommendations
Can anybody recommend a powder coaters in the south London / Surrey area?
I need some small things like alternator brackets coated.
Has anybody any experience of these, for example:
Willow Powder Coating
Adept Industrial Finishers
Thanks
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loggyboy
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| posted on 14/3/16 at 11:53 AM |
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Maybe buy DIY kit for small bits?
Electrostatic Magic and an use old oven or similar to bake?
Mistral Motorsport
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nick205
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| posted on 14/3/16 at 12:37 PM |
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Interesting question.
I don't know either of the companies you've found.
I have been looking recently in and around Hampshire to find someone who can strip a powder coated steel mountain bike frame and re-coat it in a
different colour. There appear to be lots of coaters around, but fewer who can tackle removing old coatings. The MTB frame is a few years old now,
but good and solid and rust free. The purple coating on it is bullet proof and I don't want to end up with a worse finish than I started with,
but finding someone to do it is taking longer than I thought it would.
ETA...with small parts like you mention I had very good results with spray can primer and top coats on my MK Indy a few years back. One top tip is to
build yourself a small spray booth out of cardboard (stops too much mess). The other tip is to warm the paint in the can in a sink of hot water
before spraying - it really helps get a good flow and coverage. The last thing I found was hanging the sprayed part over an electric heater helped to
bake the paint to a good strong finish.
[Edited on 14/3/16 by nick205]
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softfeet
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| posted on 15/3/16 at 10:40 AM |
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Thanks for the advice and ideas.
I will let you know if I use one of those or another powder coaters and how they do.
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