Thanks for joining @UtahPowderWerks and for sharing your knowlegdes. I’m right now doing powdercoat sample with decals/stencils and masking so your input is invaluable. And a video series about that process, on a bike frame would be cherry on top!
On a side note , I will be in Utah next June for a couple weeks, I’ll keep in touch!
Questions to the powder pros in the thread - do y’all prime your frames? Do you clear coat them?
I’m guessing the answer will be a little bit “it depends” and I’d love to hear more about what drives your decision making on that sort of stuff.
I’m still figuring things out but I like how tough is clear coat over a single color coat.
Haven’t tried primer/base layer and would like to know too if they are really needed for bike frame.
Many bike brand use two to three coat on steel frames
Has anybody done a spray bomb (enamel or epoxy) over top of a powder base coat and if so were you satisfied with the results? Thinking of doing this with my current build to mask off & pop some of the details (and a downtube logo) with a different colour. Any one pulled something like this off?
If using a high temp enamel maybe it could still get a powder clear on top so it would hold up to baking? I’m not well versed on the ins & outs of powder coating so if this is all uneducated thoughts of an imbecile just let me know. I can take it more than I can take putting a shitty finish on this frame