Paint or Powder Coat

[Rev. Roy]

Alright I'm about to send the engine off to get Hydro Blasted and the frame for Sand Blasting.
This leads me to the following Question "What do I coat the frame with when I get it back?"
Do I send it off to get Powder coated or is there something better, thought of POR-15 but not sure.
Has anybody got any suggestions.

[Nessism]

I painted a frame with Por-15 Hardnose paint and it was a LOT of work. Unless money is tight I'd go PC.

[almarconi]

Powder coat without a doubt, unless you are on a tight budget. Painting is very time consuming and not as durable as powder coating.

[hampshirehog]

Powder coating shouldn't break the bank either - £80 over here to blast and PC.

If you go PC make sure that whoever does it knows which bits need masking off or you'll spend a lot of (boring) time removing PC from places you don't want it (steering head etc)

[Agemax]

definately powder coating rather than paint. just make sure you have done ALL the mods to the frame that you intend doing first.

[simon kuether]

Definately paint for me . I had my frame blasted and painted ( with a 2 pac epoxy paint ) 4 years ago and still have no chips etc . I was going for powder coating but was told that I would have to cut all the little lugs etc off before it was done . VERY happy with how the paint turned out and how it has lasted . Seems as though this is a bit like oils . Every one has different opinions and they are probably all right . Cheers , Simon .

[pontiacstogo]

I was going for powder coating but was told that I would have to cut all the little lugs etc off before it was done .

Both methods have some merits I guess. I've had a number of frames powdercoated; some black, some silver. I've never had to cut anything off of the frame as part of the powdercoating process. I did lose the rubber coating on the bendy clips as part of the blasting process;