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post #11 of 15
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One of my biggest fears is finding a place locally as i have no idea how well of a job they would do. Don't want to imagine spending over a $1000 on the case alone, not even counting what the paint job would cost only to have them do a bad job and ruin the case of a lifetime.

I was hoping for a few suggestions of somewhere local to CL that people have used before, where it would be easy and cheap to send the case off and have it painted up real nice or someone who lives in my area to name a place or 2 that they have used and know does good work. Just finding one out of the yellow pages that won't destroy the case is just to much of a risk.


Never even thought of CL doing the paint job as others have pointed out would be allot of work for them, though it may be an idea in the future.

As the case i want, TX10-H, isn't out yet i still have time to look at my options but thanks to all who provided suggestions. You gave me allot to think about.
post #12 of 15
I'm sure there are competent powder coaters in your area.

And I don't get too stressed that they might "ruin the case of a lifetime" or "destroy the case"....you can sandblast it clean again anytime. More work, more money and more time....but they won't ruin it.
post #13 of 15
I would avoid sand blasting because if certain areas aren't masked properly, the case could be damaged. While effective in most situations, the threaded inserts could be damaged. Most powder coaters can chemically strip anyway.
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Jim.....sorry for the late question here , as I've just been off the computer type forums this whole summer doing other activities. ( look at my avatar ) My question is.....what about shipping out bare metal cases if someone wanted to get their case powder coated to their own color? I actually have a friend of mine ( lives in LA and his boy races professional MX....and I kind of grew up around them ). He owns a powder coating shop down there. Would it be out of the question to ship a striped down case for extra $$$ to a powder coating place. I know you can get the powder coating off with chemicals , it just seems like such a waste of time and effort to go "backwards"....by removing everything and stripping it.

BTW.....I think anyone who would want this done would just have to use common sense that it isn't something they are going to get done in a week or two. Give it 1 - 2 months if necessary.

I dunno.......the way I look at it is , when you buy one of these CL cases......it's pretty much going to outlast and component of the entire system....and could very well be the last case anyone would ever need to buy. Why not make it special? Besides.........why would you need a different brand name case?.....that is crazy talk. upsidedwnsmiley.gif
post #15 of 15
Here is what I posted on another thread:
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The problem with sending out bare cases is that there is a lot of detailed masking that needs to be done correctly. Some powder coaters are great while others are terrible. If it's not done correctly, the end result is disaster - nothing will go together properly. We got into the powder coating business years ago (long before the cases came along) because we couldn't get the quality we needed from outside vendors (and we tried them all rolleyes.gif ) You can expect the starting point for custom powder to be $200- $300 and go up from there depending on what's wanted.

Our standards are pretty high, so it's not unusual for us to have a 3-4% rejection rate on painted parts. Not a big deal for standard colors, they can be reshot on the next run, but for custom colors, it means an additional setup for paint change over. On the custom order that we do, we use a primer base coat on the exterior doors and covers (custom jobs have even higher standards than standard production). Most other powder coaters have a "whatever" attitude about what comes out rolleyes.gif

The primer coat does not need to be stripped. It actually makes for a good base for whatever powder (or wet paint) that is going over it and will be more forgiving of an "average" job than bare metal would be.
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