I made a deal with a local P. Coating shop; I get all three of my unis (24" Torker DX, 20" Summit trials, coker) custom done in colors/textures of my choice, including Pearls, metallics and others. The deal is that in exchange i will tune his sisters piano! Sveet! So I'm dropping all of them off next week to be sand-blasted and p. coated. He's gonna do the cranks, seat-post and clamps as well! I wonder if it would be practical to do the pedals too! I'll be posting the pics later.😄
-- terrybigwheel
Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings".
Don't forget that the powder coating adds about a mm or two of thickness to everything and that sand blasting can damage aluminum. Also try to find a very thin or particularly durable coating. I got a coating that was said to prevent rust and such and although it looks great and I really like the feel, it gouges, not just scratchs and is quite noticeable.
if you powdercoat the seat post you will lose all adjustability....but i figure you know this...i guess you don't move your seat around much...
John
Yeah, I thought about that. SInce I keep the same basic height adjustment, maybe I'll just get the exposed area coated. I wonder what kind of paint, if not powder coating, was used *originally* on the summit and torker seat posts.😕 I surmised that if I remove the old paint, then the new coating wouldn't make much difference in thickness..
-- terrybigwheel
Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings".
I think the shop owner am used to handle such things. And that powder coating adds 1-2 mm, no way.. And i presume that he knows how to sand blast something.. Because.. he's a professional!
And, that is just a wounderful deal! I wish i could do something like that..
Edit: And, if you do lose adjustability of the seatpost, grind of the paint on the part the part that's inside your frame! not much work at all.
that's sweet! i know a guy who bought a cheap oven and powder-coated his MUni lime green. 😄
-- unitoon
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