I did a quick search but couldn't find anything about powder coating. Basically i have some components that i'd like to be powder coated but where can this be done? Google didn't help much apart from one company in nottingham who 'doesn't do that sort of thing' when i rang them up. They advertise powder coating and 'from a single component to thousands' but no, they don't do that sort of thing

Anyone know any companies in the east midlands area?

Spanks

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&cr=countryUK|countryGB&ie=UTF-8&q=powder+coat+midlands&spell=1

Benzine, if I remember rightly you are near Melton, not so far from Leicester so try these:

KMH - 0116-286 3486

Leicester Enamellers Ltd (also do powder coating) - 0116-275 1231

Midland Enamellers Ltd (also do powder coating) - 0116-269 7861

Cool thanks And yes i live about 5 miles from Melton and i was born there

Having seen who you are recommending for powder coating I had a thought. What about enamelling components? Probably a stupid idea but why not? Does enamelling chip too easily?

[Edited on 30/6/04 by Doc]

very good point Doc!!!

don't know is my answer!! I would guess that enamelling is quite a bit more expensive, but that's only a guess. It is more brittle than powder coat but then it won't gouge like powdercoat does so who knows? My bits are done else I would try it, anybody want to give it a go?

I use Leicester Enamellers (they are located in Narborough), the quality is good, but best of all they don't rip you off and are pretty relaxed about doing small jobs. Their minimum charge is around £16.00 , but I've dropped in before now with a piddling one off, and so long as you can wait until they are doing another job of the same colour, you can get it cheaper than this (talk to them nicely)

Just had a quote for 6 off 8' x 1' x 18" tubular steel frames (30mm box section) at £16.00 each...very reasonable.

I used KMH twice, before I discovered Leic's Enam', the quality was poor and the cost is usually double that of Leic's Enamellers (only use them if I'm desparate)

Just make sure you ask the price before you leave the job and do all the prep work yourself (descaling, cleaning, degreasing etc).

All the best,

Dave.