smart51
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 03:13 PM |
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Powder coating guide price
I'm planning to build a car lifting frame and I'm thinking of getting it powder coated rather than spraying it. I really have no idea
what powder coating costs though. Calculations show that 50x25mm RHS is more than up to the job and I'll be using 10 metres of it.
There'll be 2 frames about 0.8 x 1m and a few lengths all between 600 and 1000mm long. Should I be thinking around £50 or more like £200?
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T66
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 03:52 PM |
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Bettablast in the NE quoted me around £290 to powder coat my Fiat chassis, galvanised then any colour of my choice.
The price was likely to climb to around £450 including all the other bits & bobs I want done.
 
[Edited on 4/7/11 by T66]
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loggyboy
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 04:15 PM |
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The kit Companies ive seen that offer it as an 'extra' tend to charge about £200 so that is defo a good starting point. Obviously yours
would be less metal than a full kit.
Why not try a diy kit (electrostatic magic)
About £120 i think. I did my Aframes:
http://locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=139736
[Edited on 4/7/11 by loggyboy]
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 04:28 PM |
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I had a swingarm and a few small brackets done on my old GPZ500 and it cost £45 from a local place. They did a good job, but I did think it was a bit
steep considering they weren't difficult shapes or large items.
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Mal
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 04:47 PM |
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Have you considered galvanising it?
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adrianreeve
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 05:10 PM |
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If you don't care what colour it is (and it'll probably end up black anyway, as that's what they do most if), find your nearest
powder coating place, and go and talk cash with them. I've never met one yet (and I've used a lot of them, and used to work for one!), who
didn't do fill-in jobs for cash to use up the rest of the powder in the gun. We even used to sweep the waste powder from the floor, put it in a
big container, and use the resulting brownish mix for customers who really didn't care what colour!
Don't pay more than £40 - £50 cash for what you want, it not very much metal to coat
Cheers
Adrian
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smart51
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 05:13 PM |
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OK, that's good. £200 for a chassis, so mine should be less than that. It is simpler and smaller. Galvanising might be worth thinking about
too.
I've seen the DIY powder coating kit. If I had a big enough oven I'd definitely consider it. I don't want to spend hours with a
heat gun though.
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tcr
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 05:15 PM |
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give mk powder coating a ring in notts , my uncle works there and has coated lots of parts for me and they cheap
M K Powder Coatings
Powder Coating Specialists
74-76 Station Road
Shirebrook
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG20 8SZ
Phone number: 01623 747 491
MK MIDI ZX10R
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4393256076054.2182513.1427988207&type=1&l=64c91c3c17
why isnt anything simple!!!
torquetune.co.uk
nrpexhausts.co.uk
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Pezza
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 05:32 PM |
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I paid 40 quid to have my wishbones, cleaned, degreased and powdercoated in satin black (silver powdercoat before)
He did my headlamp bowls and a few other bits too as he had to do that colour in its own batch.
Bargain I thought 
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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dlatch
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 07:45 PM |
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not a million miles from brum give these guys a call
Sprayblast Fabrications Ltd
Unit 2 / Fairfield Works
West Wycombe Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire HP11 2LR
01494 530854
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 08:39 PM |
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the only powdercoaters i use in midlands are redditch shot blasting.
had loads of things done over the years, from push bike frames to MEV rocket chassis. always a superb job. somewhere around £100 is my guess. you will
definately find somewhere cheaper, but it will be crap in comparison.
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smart51
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 09:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dinosaurjuice
the only powdercoaters i use in midlands are redditch shot blasting.
had loads of things done over the years, from push bike frames to MEV rocket chassis. always a superb job. somewhere around £100 is my guess. you will
definately find somewhere cheaper, but it will be crap in comparison.
They're a couple of miles from work. I'll pop round when I know what I'm doing.
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