59bisquik Posted May 31, 2011 Report Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) I am planning on taking my bike down and having it powder coated. The extended swing arm I was looking at comes in either black, silver vein or powder chome. I was thinking of coating the front suspension to match along with some other misc items. THe plan would be red and powder chrome. Anyone have any good pics of powder chome coated parts or bikes? I cant afford to chrome this one like my other bike is. So I was trying to fix this one up on a budget. Edited May 31, 2011 by 59bisquik Quote
camatv Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 powder chroime looks more like kinda polished alluminum its hard to match a powder thats already been done. can you get the swinger in bare and have your powderguy do them all at the same time? i liked my silver (chrome) powder bike i did a clear flake over the top of it. came out pretty cool. you could do a red clear flake on the silver parts..? Quote
59bisquik Posted June 1, 2011 Author Report Posted June 1, 2011 powder chroime looks more like kinda polished alluminum its hard to match a powder thats already been done. can you get the swinger in bare and have your powderguy do them all at the same time? i liked my silver (chrome) powder bike i did a clear flake over the top of it. came out pretty cool. you could do a red clear flake on the silver parts..? Bare is no problem, the color just got me to thinking about options. Do you have any pics of yours? Quote
camatv Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 i DO still have the clutch cover!! i can take a pic of that. we just redid the entire bike in chrome/ trans purple, purple-blue-silverflake clear! Quote
ree_ree Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 ill be watching this one lol, i have been thinking of doing my frame in powder chrome also...would love to see some examples if anyone has some Quote
So Cal Suspension Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 ill be watching this one lol, i have been thinking of doing my frame in powder chrome also...would love to see some examples if anyone has some Powder Chrome looks nothing like chrome, if you are expecting that. Jason had alf do a bunch of his stuff, and it came out terrible. Not shiny at all. I have a few lbs of "chrome", and my PBTB 100% gloss silver is almost exactly the same. Consider "powder chrome" = "Silver". It's not much more than that. If you clear over the top of it, it looks a little better, but don't expect it to be "chrome". Sort-of polished aluminum is the closest thing I could compare it to. Quote
camatv Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 the "chrome powder" is getting a lil better all the time there is a 300% gloss ( reflective like chrome) that has just been released. ALSA has it i've seen it on easybay also. if i was still into doing powder myself i'd try it. Quote
So Cal Suspension Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 The 300% is what I was talking about. I just bought it about 2 weeks ago from powder warehouse. It's no better than the patented chrome from pbtb. I'll shoot a piece tomorrow so you guys can see what it looks like. Quote
NYUK Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 its not as tough as other colors either and doesnt clear well.clear takes the shimmer away. it has the scratch resistance of paint. Quote
ree_ree Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 well that really sucks...maybe ill just have the frame flat blacked and ill mexichrome the plastics lol Quote
HardLuck Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 (edited) Super chrome base coat Ink Black Edited June 1, 2011 by HardLuck Quote
kodie Posted June 1, 2011 Report Posted June 1, 2011 Buddy at work did almost his whole bike in the powder chrome. It looked good when it was done but he has a few hours of ride time on it and he says it has dulled bad to pretty much a silver color Quote
06specialedition Posted June 3, 2011 Report Posted June 3, 2011 i like that ink black one ! X2 thats pretty damn sweet Quote
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