Low temp powder coaters in CO??
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Any of them can do it -just need to go talk to a couple and get a feel for whether you can trust them to do it or not.
I use a powder coater in Grand Junction that I trust somewhat and so far so good. I have my boards, spindles, bumpers and seat posts at his shop now. Even though he's done work for me in the past, when I took them in I explained the glue situation again and then had him write across the work order "low temp only" just to be as safe as possible that it will get done correctly.
By the way, I could not get the plastic bushings out of my spindle. They press in from each side and since they are flanged, you can't push them through so I don't know how in the world you pull them out without ruining them. Since I had already ruined one, (darn things are $12.50 each!) I decided to bake my spindle in the oven to see if the plastic bushing would be ruined. I baked it at 340 degrees for 20 minutes. ( it wasn't a perfect test because later I learned that the aluminum has to reach 340 degrees and then you start the timer so the test was probably short ten minutes or so.) The only noticeable change was that they weren't as black as they were. I felt comfortable at that point that they wouldn't be ruined so I left them in and took the spindles in to be powder coated.
I use a powder coater in Grand Junction that I trust somewhat and so far so good. I have my boards, spindles, bumpers and seat posts at his shop now. Even though he's done work for me in the past, when I took them in I explained the glue situation again and then had him write across the work order "low temp only" just to be as safe as possible that it will get done correctly.
By the way, I could not get the plastic bushings out of my spindle. They press in from each side and since they are flanged, you can't push them through so I don't know how in the world you pull them out without ruining them. Since I had already ruined one, (darn things are $12.50 each!) I decided to bake my spindle in the oven to see if the plastic bushing would be ruined. I baked it at 340 degrees for 20 minutes. ( it wasn't a perfect test because later I learned that the aluminum has to reach 340 degrees and then you start the timer so the test was probably short ten minutes or so.) The only noticeable change was that they weren't as black as they were. I felt comfortable at that point that they wouldn't be ruined so I left them in and took the spindles in to be powder coated.
I did my spindles as well. If you have a Poo Pro then you ran into the same thing I did. Plastic didn't want to come out. I had to buy new ones too. Don't leave it in there, I'm pretty sure it will melt. I just had to bite the bullet and order new ones. I have thought about fab'ing something for it but there is a lot of movement there and they serve a purpose.
I went to Goodings in Ft Collins. Super cheap and they work with you on what you are doing. $200 for running boards, rear bumper, spindles, 4 a-arms for IQR, seat post, rear suspension arms and several odds and ends of stuff.
I went to Goodings in Ft Collins. Super cheap and they work with you on what you are doing. $200 for running boards, rear bumper, spindles, 4 a-arms for IQR, seat post, rear suspension arms and several odds and ends of stuff.
Too late! I already left them in! We'll see what happens when I get them back. After my oven test I'm pretty confident that they aren't going to melt.
I don't think they are some run of the mill kind of plastic. Delrin, maybe? Tough stuff to say the least -
Sucks to have to spend $50 for new ones -
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we use colorado powder coating, http://www.coloradopowdercoatinginc.com/, for our low temp stuff. he does an awesome job and gets it back to us quick!!!
Ok, found two powder coaters in the Springs that say they can cure at lower temps 1) Excaliber Powder Coating/Mfg - they do a low temp cure process 2) Platinum Powder Coating - stated they can cure at a lower temp, but didn't say what that temp was other than the normal cure temp is 380. YMMV.
Going to give Excaliber a try for my boards after the season.
Going to give Excaliber a try for my boards after the season.
Well chit that was a bad idea!!! LOL - once the metal got to 340 the plastic bushings melted right out!! That certainly solved the problem of how to remove them - nice $60 mistake! Oops!
Can't wait to get home from work and start putting my sled back together! Sweet!!!
