How much does everyone get charged for powder coating?
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sled-fiend
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I just had my entire marathon sled-deck done, 150$.
$75 up in alaska for just the rails
Biggest factor is color.
If a special set up is required it can be quite expensive.
Not even practical in a line set-up.
However if a color they typically run will work for you, and your parts are prepped, then their cost is minimal, as long as part size and shape and cure process is typical to what they run.
If you know someone there with authority, keep in mind how far a bottle of Crown or such will go.
If a special set up is required it can be quite expensive.
Not even practical in a line set-up.
However if a color they typically run will work for you, and your parts are prepped, then their cost is minimal, as long as part size and shape and cure process is typical to what they run.
If you know someone there with authority, keep in mind how far a bottle of Crown or such will go.
Wow, the powdercoater I used charged me $250 to sandblast, prep and powder coat my bulkhead/tunnel gloss black. I think I paid $40 to have the rails done.
Paid $40 to have a set of 155 rails, spindles and a few other rear susp. pieces prepped and coated black.
That there ain't a bad idear. Sure would keep me from having to go the Sh*tty to get something done. Wonder what it would take to start one up?
I have been looking myslef but to do my bumper on the truck.
55k plus building
You can do it for less, my powder coater built his own oven. If your mechanical you can save quite a bit of cash.
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bikerjustin
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That is a good deal. What color?
I was quoted $400 which seems reasonable to me. I want white though which isn't done very often and the size of the deck takes up so much space...
I just had my tunnel, rails, a pile of loose parts all done. Some white some black for $250 I believe. Can't remember for sure...
does anyone reccomend any good powder coaters in billings, mt or even wyoming for that matter?
That price is waaaaaay out of line. I will coat them whatever color you want and I will even ship them back with a case of beer for $298 haha. Damn I looked into getting a job out in Montana a few years back wish I would have known you guys needed a good Powdercoat guy out that way.
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redbull660
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Originally Posted by Dmill
so i went in to check out powdercoating today.. i was told it was relatively cheap... he wanted 300 just to do my rails, and would "discount" if i did a bunch of parts.. i told him i wanted to do spindles and bogeys..
430 bucks..
that seemed ridiculous to me
First of all this is a very ridiculous price, was he a production shop, if so he didnt want to do them very bad. The reason being is that the coater must know that doing the rails alone will slow his production down, why???? Because doing the rails require special attention, you just dont throw aluminum rails in the oven with a bunch of other parts. It doesnt work that way, rails need to be baked at a lower temperature and have a slower ramp up/bake time so you dont mess up the strength of the aluminum.
And yes powder coating can get expensive, if you are a custom coater that has pride in his work then it can get pricey. Most production shops will coat over powder coat, they wont take the time to strip the parts to bare metal to the point that they are perfectly clean. Believe me, I have a top of the line powder coat gun and its very easy to shoot over old powder coat to save time, its just not the right thing to do when you do custom work. Theres a fricken ton of powders out there and most require certain temps to cure them at, not one size fits all type of thing.
The cure process starts when the item reaches "part metal temperature" this is checked by opening the oven and using an IR temp gun and taking a reading during the cure process. Once the metal has reached this temp that is when the cure time starts. Some shops will throw as many parts as they can fit in the oven and cure them all at one time, this process saves them money cause they dont want to spend the time doing each part they way they should be done. Lets say for instance you have a car rim, it will take it at least 30 minutes to reach part metal temp. A thin rail may take 10 minutes to reach part metal temp. NOW, you want to save money and cure your rim and set of rails all at one time. You now that the rim takes at least 30 minutes to reach the temp required to start the cure process, and the rails will take about 10 minutes to reach the propper temp, but what the heck I will just throw the rails in with them to save some time and money. The end result is you have a nice looking rim that will last forever, you also have a set of rails that have cooked way to long and the powder will most likely fail cause it cured way to long. Sorry the long story but this is how it works. Later fella's.
Here is a rear suspension I just finished, actually this is the second one like this. I am doing both of my xp's the same.
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redbull660
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Meet my "TWINS", just got done with both of these. One is my 2010 800 and the other one is my wifes 600 etec. Complete from back to front, powder coated in Mirror white and carbide black texture. The carbide black has the same texture as the black plastic side panels so it blends in perfeclty.
The white rails look sweet, that is the color I'm doing mine this year also.
Thats def high, even for a multi stage color. Forward some pics and we'll get you some pricing.....
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