Does Anyone Know A Decent Powder Coat Supplier?

randomhandclaps

The powder coat supplier I currently use is great but colours and finishes are severely limited and I'm getting a bit bored with the options or alternative workarounds.  Anyone have any suppliers they can recommend?  Cheers.

Jez6345789

Did try and get my local guy to do Candy Apple Red he said yes as he does it on car parts then bottled said he was too busy. 

:-)

randomhandclaps

@Jez6345789 - Coincidently I was wondering what it was about CAR red as I went to buy some nitro and noticed it's about three times price of every other colour.

strtdv

randomhandclaps said:

@Jez6345789 - Coincidently I was wondering what it was about CAR red as I went to buy some nitro and noticed it's about three times price of every other colour.

To do CAR properly you first spray a metallic silver or gold (depending on whether you're going for a pre- or post-1965 style finish), then a transparent red, then clear coat. It's time consuming to get right and uses 3 different finishes.