Incompetent powder coaters

Just had a frame powder coated for the first time and the twats coated the bb threads! I told them not to Argh! They're shut now so I can't give the guy any abuse bu whilst I'm waiting can anyone suggest how I can strip the powder coat from the threads? Or will it be a case of getting a threadless bb? It is French threaded....

chase the threads with a bb chasing tool? your local good bikeshop should have one

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They can be recut if it's not too bad - I got a frame back from Armourtex recently and it took the LBS I took it to nearly 2 hrs to install the BB because they had to recut the threads.

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They can be recut if it's not too bad - I got a frame back from Armourtex recently and it took the LBS I took it to nearly 2 hrs to install the BB because they had to recut the threads.

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Thats fucking bullshit, chasing threads takes 2 mins max, maybe 3 mins if your slow. And installing the bb is also a couple of mins. All in all a 10 min job. I hope they didnt charge you too much for chasing the bb shell and installing the bb?

i cleaned some bb threads with white spirt/turps and a sharp pointy implement. took hours, but i heard that threadless bbs are a pile of cack.

Thanks guys. I think that getting it recut maybe the best option if I can find a bike shop local'ish that can do it. Can I have the thread recut to English thread rather than French?

I think Mario would do it for about £5? worth giving him a ring on monday.

Thanks TCS but I'm not in London unfortunately, I'm in North Kent. Any recommendations?

It's probably a bit too far for you though, but I would recommend Larkfield Cycles.

Ring them beforehand though.

I've had several bikes done at PR finishers in Berkhamsted, Its 30 minutes from Euston and they do a fine job for only a few shillings ....the most I've had to pay is 40 quid for frame and forks and they did an Orange 224 frame and swingarm for 30 last year, it depends on what they have cooking I think.
I know its not in town but if i lived in North London I'd put my frame in the car and bring a xc bike with me for the day, theres some of the most beautiful and enjoyable singletrack (Berkhamsted/Northchurch common and Ashridge) to be had in the S East.

I've used tow other powdercoaters one in Tring the other in Mk, they cahrge me more than double PR and they wernt as good, the one in MK was shocking work and nearly ended in a punch up

nearly ended in a punch up

do tell.....

Thanks guys. I think that getting it recut maybe the best option if I can find a bike shop local'ish that can do it. Can I have the thread recut to English thread rather than French?

No. They will just chase the existing threads, not cut new ones. You'd need to ream out the old ones, fit a sleeve to the shell, and then thread afresh to change to english. Major pain in the arse.

I've had several bikes done at PR finishers in Berkhamsted, Its 30 minutes from Euston and they do a fine job for only a few shillings ....the most I've had to pay is 40 quid for frame and forks and they did an Orange 224 frame and swingarm for 30 last year, it depends on what they have cooking I think.
I know its not in town but if i lived in North London I'd put my frame in the car and bring a xc bike with me for the day, theres some of the most beautiful and enjoyable singletrack (Berkhamsted/Northchurch common and Ashridge) to be had in the S East.

I've used tow other powdercoaters one in Tring the other in Mk, they cahrge me more than double PR and they wernt as good, the one in MK was shocking work and nearly ended in a punch up

I used to fish the canal up there as a kid, lovely place, v. civilized.

Thanks TCS but I'm not in London unfortunately, I'm in North Kent. Any recommendations?

Mario is at Hither Green, the train goes that way to London Bridge Charing X?

do tell.....

My son wanted a colour that the local guys couldnt do so he phoned around and we took his dismantled d/h bike over to Mk and they quoted £90 to paint the swing arm white and the frame this specific orange ( that years new colours on a two year old bike,a few days later we picked the bits up all carefully wrapped up in paper.
Paid the guys and went to the car where upon my lad opened the paper. the frame was so uneven,dry bits, thick bits and had sand rattling inside and thsi had come out in the painting and was embedded in the finish as well..my boy looks well unhappy.
We unwrap the swingarm and its all pock marked like they havent stripped it back properly and its reacted.
I went straight back in the shop and showed them the defects and it was like they refused to see. I poured some sand out of the headtube onto the floor but it was like they were looking at a different bike.
Ok I want my money back but that wasnt 'their policy'
I'm a pretty peaceful guy but when some complete knob makes your kids bottom lip tremble and refuse to accept any responsibility I get annoyed .
I think the guy I was arguing with started to freak out when he realised that this 6 foot four dread with a tearful looking teenager wasnt just going to piss off so he called his workforce from the back of the shop and now theres about 5 dirty blokes in front of me giving out pretty unfriendly body language......
......at that point it seemed that calling them a bunch of wankers and to walk away was the best thing to do .......so thats what i did.
And thats all I ever did , until now.
I'm going to find out their name and let you lot know, I'd hate for anyone to have the same experience as me and my lad.

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The powder coaters I used did exactly the same and the BB threads were coated. I just used Nitromoors and a sharp screwdriver (only took a few minutes)
They also coated the inside of the seat tube and the headtube!!

No. They will just chase the existing threads, not cut new ones. You'd need to ream out the old ones, fit a sleeve to the shell, and then thread afresh to change to english. Major pain in the arse.

I managed to cut a back to front english thread into a frame years ago, i was either doing it with the bike upside down or misinterpreted the left/right marking on the Park tool as sides of the bike rather than thread directions.
You'll probably struggle to get someone to do it for you though as it'd be far from the recommended way of doing things.
Luckily when i did it it was my own frame and i just ran a back to front bottom bracket in it.
Didn't take much effort to cut either, hence why i didn't notice i was arsing it up.

Can I have the thread recut to English thread rather than French?

It's possible to recut thread in case the inner diameter of the new threading is larger than the old one.
E.g. it's perfectly possible to cut italian threads into a BB shell with ruined english threads.
Especially if there is a frame builder with a tapping machine. With hand taps, it may cost more energy (and perhaps ruining expensive tools).

But french threading is slightly larger than english, so it will not work.
You can try italian threading.