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Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome plating
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Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome plating
Postby jks » Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:50 am
I am sorry if this has been done before - if it has I cant find it..
I would like to smack together a list of quality service providers that paint, powder coat and electroplate - particularly chrome.
I have had some terrible work done recently so it's time (or time again) to get this up.
My thoughts -
In your reply list the service, location; state and town, what you had done, the turn around time, quality, a rough cost and how they can be contacted.
Again sorry is this has been done.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby jks » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:04 am
P and J powder coating
Brisbane, Tingalpa
I have had a few things done here from frames to furniture
A non metallic colour and sandblast costs around $90 and the last metallic was around $120
Job was fairly good but be warned if there is pitting it will not be filled and small items like cups are not done.
Turnaround time was about 4-5 days - make sure the bike is broken down. alloys not blasted!
They are great blokes and one rides so he is sympathetic to the cause.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby dayne » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:36 pm
A bit price but they do my old cineli steel gear and Llewellyn and Joe cosgroves work.
The finish is amazing.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby Mattfixed » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:06 pm
07 3865 5858
They do a great job;
Caustic dip frame
Sandblast
then powder coat
140+ Colours available I believe
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby Mustang » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:38 pm
Joe Cosgrove
Moorooka (Bris)

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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby sled » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:07 pm
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby sunho » Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:11 am
Result: Fork was done as desired, frame had some bubbles and spots which the powdercoater missed which was really disappointing. It also looks like they dented my frame slightly.
never going there again $110 Sand and coat
Star enamellers I have heard are the benchmark.
Prices arent cheap but apparently the job they do is just astounding. I called em and they told me 7 week waiting list and so I declined.
I'm sure plenty of bikes here were painted by those guys.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby singlespeedscott » Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:36 pm
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby Hamster » Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:05 pm
http://www.metal-polishing-repair.com.au/
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby jks » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:43 pm
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby sled » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:03 pm
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby jks » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:55 am
Thanks to those of you developing the list- I know there are more places about for good work so lets hope the list grows.
The suggested format for the posts is as per the first post.
lets see this baby grow- a great tool for those wanting quality work.
Happy Autumn BTW
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby Mustang » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:40 pm
Hamster wrote:S Cook & Sons for chrome plating. Not cheap but quality work.
http://www.metal-polishing-repair.com.au/
They also do other metals , silver,copper etc, I used them a lot in the jewellery game.

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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby Mustang » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:43 pm

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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:50 pm
Sand blast (including taping off the headtube and BB!) and primer powdercoat for $33!
I don't know if that is their normal price or they were just feeling charitable when my fiancee took my frames in, but i've had 6 frames and forks done there. Very very nice results, the primer powdercoat is a FANTASTIC base to paint on, as it is super smooth. I had 2 frames and forks powdercoated in "the glossiest black you can do", and they look VERY good.
For chrome plating- Kunda Park Electroplating, near Maroochydore.
I had a set of cranks and stem off my dad's 1955 Healing redone, they were in pretty poor shape with lots of rust and a fair bit of pitting, but came back looking fantastic. From memory it cost about $140.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby dayne » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:30 am
I would never let any one sand blast another frame again,
They did one for me and blew holes in it, not all there fault as it obviously had rust but most blast materials are too corse.
I now use soda blast or acid bath.
But there coating was finished well.
Suncoast electro playing, I took some cinelli 14's there paid top dollar and got them back with tiny holes in the chrome and he shrugs his shoulders and said meh that's normal and not to worry.
Truly the best chrome around is qld name plates bar none.
Paint my bike are just ok with paint,
They are the go to for carbon repairs, I paid top dollar for my s works road frame and they cut corners and it has a couple of thick edges and a run or two, this is a $4000 frame
But I have seen other stuff they have done that is great, I guess it depends how busy they are.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby rollin » Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:15 am
Blue chrome are excellent in Sydney, say $120 for bars
Hamilton chrome in Newcastle aren't quite as good but are half the price and the job is decent
Brookvale powdercoating are good in Sydney $120 frame and he has candy over silver, 1 frame 220, 2 frame 240...
Strike a shine polishing in Brisbane polishes all aluminium to look like chrome, and does anodizing...
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby munga » Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:36 am
dayne wrote:Paint my bike are just ok with paint,
They are the go to for carbon repairs, I paid top dollar for my s works road frame and they cut corners and it has a couple of thick edges and a run or two, this is a $4000 frame
But I have seen other stuff they have done that is great, I guess it depends how busy they are.
that's a shame to hear considering they charge as much, if not more, than joe cosgrove.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby Mustang » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:39 am
I dont want to hear that!!! I have a bill to pay at Joes next week? he told me it took him around 5 hours to mask/unmask the lugs alone!

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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby Torana68 » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:16 am
That must be a mis quote? I can mask several cars in 5 hours, yes frames are fiddly but I used to do motorbike fariings as well and they wouldnt take more than 2Hrs including paint (not including prep or repair) if your using the correct masking tape it dont take long.
EPT in Queanbeyan are used by a lot of Summernats and hot Rod peeps and do a lot of frames for someone who is painting them in mass.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby humanbeing » Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:34 pm
Torana68 wrote:[quote="Mustang] I dont want to hear that!!! I have a bill to pay at Joes next week? he told me it took him around 5 hours to mask/unmask the lugs alone![/quote]
That must be a mis quote? I can mask several cars in 5 hours, yes frames are fiddly but I used to do motorbike fariings as well and they wouldnt take more than 2Hrs including paint (not including prep or repair) if your using the correct masking tape it dont take long.
EPT in Queanbeyan are used by a lot of Summernats and hot Rod peeps and do a lot of frames for someone who is painting them in mass.[/quote]
Yep EPT (Electroplating Technology) did a brilliant job on a frame and fork for me, though don't expect it to happen in a hurry.
I'll post pics when it comes back from Peter Fleming at Star Enamellers who is the frame painter of choice in Sydney, also don't expect it to happen quickly.
Have a great ride,
Peter
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby ldrcycles » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:13 pm
dayne wrote:I've used superior coatings with some good results,
I would never let any one sand blast another frame again,
They did one for me and blew holes in it, not all there fault as it obviously had rust but most blast materials are too corse.
Ouch

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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby Torana68 » Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:39 pm
humanbeing wrote: Yep EPT (Electroplating Technology) did a brilliant job on a frame and fork for me, though don't expect it to happen in a hurry. I'll post pics when it comes back from Peter Fleming at Star Enamellers who is the frame painter of choice in Sydney, also don't expect it to happen quickly.
Have a great ride,
Peter
I get access there and I can tell you the work they have to get through is amazing, come Nov/Dec they are up the their armpits in Mustang/Chev/Cadie/Torrie/ford parts. They usually stop accepting chrome work in late November (zinc etc doesnt take up the same amount of time). I get to see a lot of nice bike frames out the back waiting for chrome

Their chrome is triple plate, check with your supplier and see if its copper/nickel/chrome your getting before you send it, some dont do copper but still charge a motza.
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Re: Great places for painting / powdercoating and chrome pla
Postby humanbeing » Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:01 pm
Torana68 wrote:humanbeing wrote: Yep EPT (Electroplating Technology) did a brilliant job on a frame and fork for me, though don't expect it to happen in a hurry. I'll post pics when it comes back from Peter Fleming at Star Enamellers who is the frame painter of choice in Sydney, also don't expect it to happen quickly.
Have a great ride,
Peter
I get access there and I can tell you the work they have to get through is amazing, come Nov/Dec they are up the their armpits in Mustang/Chev/Cadie/Torrie/ford parts. They usually stop accepting chrome work in late November (zinc etc doesnt take up the same amount of time). I get to see a lot of nice bike frames out the back waiting for chrome![]()
Their chrome is triple plate, check with your supplier and see if its copper/nickel/chrome your getting before you send it, some dont do copper but still charge a motza.

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