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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Flat black paint: What am I getting myself int Reply #15 - 01/17/06 at 06:08:56 Banger wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: Can you powder coat in flat black? Definitely. In fact, it used to be one of the few colors you could powdercoat with. Now they have a lot of colors available.
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: Flat black paint: What am I getting myself int Reply #16 - 01/17/06 at 06:46:45 vroom1776 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: Hey Torque, I'd love to see a pic of your bike with your sissy bar. will do as soon as i can steal jim-r's camera
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Re: Flat black paint: What am I getting myself int
Reply #17 - 01/17/06 at 14:15:09

My husband resprayed my old Savage black using Hammerite spray cans (gloss black). It was no problem and looked lovely - much easier to look after / touch up afterwards too. I guess the key is good preparation and rubbing down. He thinks he used some sort of furniture rubbing compound on it (supplied by a mate who worked as a French polisher), so not sure if you'll be able to get that! But I would have thought the usual things (T- Cut?) would work just as well. I'd say go ahead. And when you've done it show us how nice it looks - I'm trying to persuade him to do my current Savage the same way at some stage! So far we've just stripped it down and cleaned and painted under the mudguards to help delay the inevitable rusting. The factory paint under there is so thin it might as well not be there.

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Re: Flat black paint: What am I getting myself int
Reply #18 - 01/17/06 at 16:24:37

Not to mention Suzuki's non-use of primer beneath their factory paint. Long known to cause premature rusting, should you get a minor scratch or scrape in the paint at some point. Especially a problem, as you say, below the fenders.

I'm really looking heavily into this powdercoating thing, though. Besides probably costing a bit more, it looks to be the most durable, fool-proof option. I've found a place called GPC (Georgia Powder Coating) which is nearby enough to keep shipping charges from being too rediculous.

Prices for M/C fenders range, according to the site for GPC, around $150. Tanks would likely be a bit more. Side covers, I imagine, would be miniscule in cost, comparitively. Done all at once, who knows? Maybe a bit of a quantity discount.

The fact that these guys have done a lot of work for YearOne and have projects featured in Hot Rod and similar publications seems like a good indicator of their quality.

What do you think?

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SAMM Serious Thumper Offline No lay down crotch rocket for me Posts: 576 Portland Oregon Gender:	Re: Flat black paint: What am I getting myself int Reply #19 - 01/17/06 at 16:30:45 Sounds a little high... I can have a local company do my frame with swing arm for $150...Im thinking this will be next winters project...
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Reply #20 - 01/17/06 at 16:57:28

I'm assuming they're accustomed to Fat Boy fenders, though. As I find the cost seems to be based on the size of the part to be powder coated, I'd think the Zook fenders might be a bit cheaper. To be honest, too, I was thinking of going without the front fender...'cos, well, the bike looks good without it.

This is all very formative ideas, but whatever.

I'm just looking so heavily at this Georgia company 'cos it'd be cheaper to ship there than to ship to California (where I've found a LOT of powder coat specialists so far) or the northeast. I'm in Tennessee, so GA is a hop and a skip away.

Who are you dealing with, offering to do your frame and swingarm for so cheap, if you don't mind my asking?

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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: Flat black paint: What am I getting myself int Reply #21 - 01/17/06 at 17:53:32 As far as powder coating prices, go to a local custom shop and ask them who they use.
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Reply #22 - 01/17/06 at 18:06:40

Im in portland oregon, to far for you to ship ...but there must be other places your direction that does retail and comercial jobs..This local guy will even glass bead and prep. the frame to relieve any rust for the $150...I called him a fiew months back , he does small parts to auto and truck frames... He is in Clackamas Oregon a stones throw from Portland

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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: Flat black paint: What am I getting myself int Reply #23 - 01/18/06 at 08:43:38 Here's another idea: go to a local automotive performance shop. A lot of those folks do ceramic coating and can do powder coating too.
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