Peter M: One paint shop on the East Coast is Airglow in Atlanta. I had a bike (pre-Rivendell era for me) painted there and I was very pleased with the work, as well as the price. The wait was a bit long, and recall that someone on this forum also had a bike painted by Airglow and was "commenting" on the longer-than-expected wait time. As we're about to get into the colder weather here in the East, maybe your friend won't mind. Check out Airglow's website, they can do most anything that you want and they have pix of some restorations. Worth considering. Cheers, Steve
On Monday, October 22, 2012 2:03:32 PM UTC-4, Peter M wrote: > > Not to Hijack this thread but there seems to be a copious amount of > choices on the west coast but not much on the east. A friend of mine wants > to get his 70's Peugot repainted, i know the paint job will cost more than > a new bike but he is attached to it and it is rough looking. Anyone know a > reputable wet paint shop on the East Coast? Oh and I have had powder > coating done on a bike before, they had some experience with bikes so it > came out pretty good, only issue was i had to prep the threads before they > did the work since they werent a "bike shop" per se, I just put in an old > crappy bb (cleaned of course,dry with no grease) to save the bb threads. I > have done pin striping over PC, it will not last more than a year in the > sun, I just used enamel paint so maybe there is a better way. PC, if done > right after the bike is cleaned, and the bike is free of contaminants will > last a long time (any decent shop will want to blast the bike with at least > walnut shells to rid it of any old paint particles). I like glossy so I > honestly dont know if they can do a Matte PC. I think cost is the main > difference, upwards of $400 for a decent wet job, a nice PC job should be > about $200 (here on the east coast at least). > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Jared Volpe <jared...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Thanks for all your input on this. Still trying to figure out what to do. >> What are the general differences between powder coating and painting? >> durability and longevity? matte finish versus glossy or clearcoat? can I >> paint the lugs if I powder coat? I'm new at this so any info is very >> helpful! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/mNrlEsvdBIkJ. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/t_9-dRDfCxEJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
