new spray job coming up.

Woah, thats cheap! Where are you getting it done?

Rock on!
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zippy said:

I just put in my KH20 for a new powdercoat at my local, and it's gonna
cost me around 15 quid max 😄

Having it in sky blue.

What's that in USD? My guess is that it's roughly $25...which *is*
cheap! Good deal!

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terrybigwheel said:

What's that in USD? My guess is that it's roughly $25...which *is*
cheap! Good deal!

It's about $27.50 at the current exchange rate.

£15 is pretty cheap - the place where I had my muni frame done charged
me £20 for sand blasting and powder coating, and I thought that was a
good price.

I like the "KH blue" though - if I had one I'd leave it alone.

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that sounds awesome. The only thing I don't like about the KH blue, is
that everyone one else with KH's have it.

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guy actually said around a tenner, but i rekon 15 😄

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zippy said:

guy actually said around a tenner, but i rekon 15 😄

I'm gonna strip my kh down to bare aluminum, and leave it thataway!😄
And unlike steel, it won't rust!

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no it oxidizes 😉

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zippy said:

no it oxidizes 😉

I thought I read somehwere here that it won't even oxidize. The "KH"
for example that's onthe frame is simply the bare aluminum, and *not*
painted on, and that hasn't oxidized, so I'm not sure.

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terrybigwheel said:

I thought I read somehwere here that it won't even oxidize.

If they are anodised before painting (or if you get it anodised after
you strip it) it won't oxidise - if it's just bare aluminium it'll be
covered in white powder before long.

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wait a second...the reason aluminum is cool is because it oxidizes, but
just slightly...

when the Aluminum is first exposed to oxygen, it forms a thin layer of
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and this *thin* layer of oxide (like, a few
molecules) protects the rest of aluminum from oxidizing. when that
layer is scraped off, a new layer forms that is a few molecules thick.

i mean, i -think- that's how it happens. So, IMHO, bare aluminum
should be just fine.

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Aha! Just found this on the wikipedia page on Aluminum Oxide:

Quoted message said:

Aluminium oxide is responsible for metallic aluminium's resistance to
weathering. Metallic aluminium is very reactive with atmospheric
oxygen, and a thin passivation layer of aluminium oxide quickly forms
on any exposed aluminium surface. This layer protects the metal from
further oxidation. The thickness and properties of this oxide layer can
be enhanced using a process called anodising.

So anodizing is just a process to thicken and enhance Aluminum's
natural coating. Also, earlier in the article it talks about how
Aluminum Oxide is very hard, so it shouldn't come off very easily into
a white powder...

Once again, i think bare aluminum would be very cool and perfectly
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ok finally got it done, needs threading to get the paint out of the
thread, but it's not a perfect job, they powder coated over the
original colour 😄

So it's a sky blue 🙂 for only £10

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Picture?:p

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i thought they already were sky blue?

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no they was biro blue 😉

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ohhhh. thats cool colour

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Very nice! The colour looks great.

If I could choose a new colour for my uni it would be very simiar to
that one.

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