One of my ex-coworkers has his own machine shop at home. He had done some work for me in the past so I asked if he could sandblast some of my parts. He did a great job. I didn't need them powder coated so I used black Rustoleum. He did some powder coating a couple years ago on the mounts for my snowplow and has many different colors. I asked him if I could post his availability on this forum. He posts on several motorcycle forums and does work for riders all over the world. He will do parts no larger than a wheel rim. You could get your OEM parts looking like new for less than the price of a repro part. Email me if you're interested. I have no financial interest in this. efoley.work@frontiernet.net He is close to Binghamton NY. Consider the shipping charges if you are a distance away.
sandblasting & powder coating
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parts should be properly chemically pretreated after media blasting ,my aqueous pretreatment was 4 stages and I have seen as many as 12 on automatic coating lines
media blasting is just a form of cleaning and offers no other form of protection other than a clean surface and an etch !
when choosing to have your parts restored price should not be the main concern, quality is and if your going to have parts powder coated have them done right .quality powder done right is competitive in price to quality wet paint ..
not just anybody should be powder coating or painting parts ,period ! even if they have a kitchen oven in there garage and a pc gun from harbor freight, or stayed at a holiday inn
I am an industrial coater and painter for a living , I use to own and operate a custom coating shop before my accident ,I have seen it all
if the pictures come up ,and I can post many more of other things.
the chopper is my brothers its a 2012 custom soft tail 103" S&S ,,it's all coated no paint anywhere ..
the 06 gsxr750 was mine all put together after powder and paint went and got inspected and hit on my way home from it on 9/11/12 at 1:29 , I was hit in an intersection because of an 18 year old on her cell phone :smash: who thought her time is worth more than my life was.. she hit me doing at least 35mph and I was doing 26mph she drove straight into me ,the bike broke clean in half in the pics its held up with rebar ( the ins agent did it )
they say I died 3x
my spleen ruptured ,I almost bled to death after 3 hrs of them running tests needed 3.5 units of blood after surgery to remove my spleen (please donate blood when and if you can) donated blood saved my life
broke my ribs (all of them on my left side )
collapsed lung
broke my back
my neck
collar bone broke and now sticks right up
MY hip twisted forward and snapped my femur in 3 spots and is now bolted together
so my advice is stay off your cell phones and hire the right people to paint and coat your parts also carry proper insurance
I had 157,000 in med bills with 50 in coverage the low life brat that hit me had nothing so what do you sue them for ? someday:smash::teethout:
parts should be properly chemically pretreated after media blasting ,my aqueous pretreatment was 4 stages and I have seen as many as 12 on automatic coating lines
media blasting is just a form of cleaning and offers no other form of protection other than a clean surface and an etch !
when choosing to have your parts restored price should not be the main concern, quality is and if your going to have parts powder coated have them done right .quality powder done right is competitive in price to quality wet paint ..
not just anybody should be powder coating or painting parts ,period ! even if they have a kitchen oven in there garage and a pc gun from harbor freight, or stayed at a holiday inn
I am an industrial coater and painter for a living , I use to own and operate a custom coating shop before my accident ,I have seen it all
if the pictures come up ,and I can post many more of other things.
the chopper is my brothers its a 2012 custom soft tail 103" S&S ,,it's all coated no paint anywhere ..
the 06 gsxr750 was mine all put together after powder and paint went and got inspected and hit on my way home from it on 9/11/12 at 1:29 , I was hit in an intersection because of an 18 year old on her cell phone :smash: who thought her time is worth more than my life was.. she hit me doing at least 35mph and I was doing 26mph she drove straight into me ,the bike broke clean in half in the pics its held up with rebar ( the ins agent did it )
they say I died 3x
my spleen ruptured ,I almost bled to death after 3 hrs of them running tests needed 3.5 units of blood after surgery to remove my spleen (please donate blood when and if you can) donated blood saved my life
broke my ribs (all of them on my left side )
collapsed lung
broke my back
my neck
collar bone broke and now sticks right up
MY hip twisted forward and snapped my femur in 3 spots and is now bolted together
so my advice is stay off your cell phones and hire the right people to paint and coat your parts also carry proper insurance
I had 157,000 in med bills with 50 in coverage the low life brat that hit me had nothing so what do you sue them for ? someday:smash::teethout:
Sorry for your accident. I made our son sell his dirt bike. He had one uninsured emergency room visit before he bought it and it looked like he'd have another.
Back to my original post. I'm a retired electrical engineer and my friend is a mechanical engineer, younger and still employed. We worked together on projects for several years. His father had a machine shop so he has a long history in the business. He built many parts for the engineering firm we worked for. Most of the parts were for military projects. He knows what he's doing. He is in the position where he can take small jobs that larger firms don't want to handle. Powder coating isn't necessary of course. I used Rustoleum like I said. I didn't mean this to "cut costs". I thought it could help those who wanted to "save" their OEM parts which could also possibly be more economical. The work he did saved me from buying over $600 worth of repro parts. To each his own.
Back to my original post. I'm a retired electrical engineer and my friend is a mechanical engineer, younger and still employed. We worked together on projects for several years. His father had a machine shop so he has a long history in the business. He built many parts for the engineering firm we worked for. Most of the parts were for military projects. He knows what he's doing. He is in the position where he can take small jobs that larger firms don't want to handle. Powder coating isn't necessary of course. I used Rustoleum like I said. I didn't mean this to "cut costs". I thought it could help those who wanted to "save" their OEM parts which could also possibly be more economical. The work he did saved me from buying over $600 worth of repro parts. To each his own.