Posted: 10/19/2012 5:59:42 PM EDT
| Anyone know a good, but reasonably priced powder coater around NoVA? I asked about paint in a different thread, but I also need some parts powdercoated black. Any recommendations are appreciated. I used ASCO in Manassass before. Good work, but maybe I am just too cheap. :) |
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If you're looking for reasonable, you mean cheap.
You want cheap, go to MalWart and buy some Rustoleum. I tried to offer reasonable prices, but most folks wanted free since at the cost they wanted I was giving something away. Either my time, my equipment or my service. I gave out cheap work once, and both of us were unhappy, especially when I had to redo it the reasonable way. I sold all the equipment to some folks in Winchester who thought about offering reasonable. They now understand what's coming as well. You want reasonable, pay what they charge for it. Believe me, you are still getting some part of the process for free. |
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Anyone know a good, but reasonably priced powder coater around NoVA? I asked about paint in a different thread, but I also need some parts powdercoated black. Any recommendations are appreciated. I used ASCO in Manassass before. Good work, but maybe I am just too cheap. :) How much did they charge? |
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If you're looking for reasonable, you mean cheap. You want cheap, go to MalWart and buy some Rustoleum. I tried to offer reasonable prices, but most folks wanted free since at the cost they wanted I was giving something away. Either my time, my equipment or my service. I gave out cheap work once, and both of us were unhappy, especially when I had to redo it the reasonable way. I sold all the equipment to some folks in Winchester who thought about offering reasonable. They now understand what's coming as well. You want reasonable, pay what they charge for it. Believe me, you are still getting some part of the process for free. Good power coating is just expensive and pay what a good coater asks? |
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If you're looking for reasonable, you mean cheap. You want cheap, go to MalWart and buy some Rustoleum. I tried to offer reasonable prices, but most folks wanted free since at the cost they wanted I was giving something away. Either my time, my equipment or my service. I gave out cheap work once, and both of us were unhappy, especially when I had to redo it the reasonable way. I sold all the equipment to some folks in Winchester who thought about offering reasonable. They now understand what's coming as well. You want reasonable, pay what they charge for it. Believe me, you are still getting some part of the process for free. Good power coating is just expensive and pay what a good coater asks? For lack of a better description, yes, and you just said it yourself. If you're not concerned with quality or long life, why not just spray paint it? Powder, like anything else, comes in prep and care during prep. The application is easy, it's the prep, time and tools that you're paying for. But I could half ass you a job cheap. Who benefits? Neither of us. You'd have a crappy job, everyone you know would have been told about the crappy job I did and you'd never mention how you wanted it done cheaply to start with. I'd lose business because of crappy work, not because of the fact you wanted it that way. Again, no one wins with cheap work. Least of all you. Parts need taken off and put back on the car 2, 3 times with a bad job? BUT, you can do a good job with a cheap gun. Sandblast all parts, coat within a few hours, bake immediately. It IS possible, but.....  (cue the sarcasm) Don't have those? Go buy them. Cheapest powder gun is under $100....blast cabinet/compressor $4-500 depending on the size you need or do it outside,, solvent degrease your part, depending on size 2-10 cans of brake cleaner should do it, oven...use the kitchen one or, oh, won't fit? Average 3x4x7 electric ovens are going for $6-7K right now. Since your time is free, you should save quite a bit doing it this way. (/cue the sarcasm) Lot more than just shooting it with powder and baking it.
Or you could pay what the guy is asking, get it done right the first time with all the correct tools AND probably come as a quality job, or guaranteed work. Your choice. Don't mean to be an ass (but I am damn good at it when required) but if you want cheap, you'll find cheap from here on out. The good guys go out of business, the cheap never get any better. I'm not trying to change your mind, just making you think through cheap vs right. There is a difference and you pay for that in the end. |