Powder coating - Aurum / Vaz / Armourtex / Respray gallery

He'll get them from H Lloyd probably. Just like you.

Mario fucked up my Jack Taylor a bit. Like wierd touch ups on the decals and a wierd lump under a decal, might have been dropped flux from a repair his brother did above that. Sloppy.

Like Rob hoops said

more than I would imagine most people on this forum would understand.

you pay peanuts ...

Anyone know somewhere that can chemically remove paint from frame (acid dip?).

Would love to know the answer to this ...

Did you go there yet?

@BobbyBriggs how much did you pay for a pair of forks?

Mario smashed it with my 'Dale respray. Sourced new decals and remembered exactly where I wanted them applied , all for £100. Will use again.

Did you go there yet?

Not yet. I had a look at prices for chroming for other places and figured painting might end up being a bit more cost effective.

Ok, Chrome is special tho.
I had a pair of forks chromed for £50 back in Denmark many years ago. It really makes your bike feel and look special

Argos quote £160 on their website. I'll give the Old Kent Road chromers a call tomorrow.

For whole bike or just forks?

Just forks! They don't even have a price for the whole bike, rear stays and fork is nearly £300. I suspect they might be subbing it out to someone else, so there's two levels of profit built into that price, maybe.

That is crazy.
I does require a lot of work polishing every thing and prepping in general, but still that is insane pricing.

Sadly not. I have searched for years (and I do mean years) for exact repro decals for my bike. Closest I can find are the decals from gts753, the Australian eBay decal dude. He has a plain set, mine have a gold leaf pattern, I asked him if he would produce, he said no.

Just looking at the new Armourtex website which says:

"We have been in operation from the same 12,000sq ft factory for 20 years..."

Am I missing something here? Have they always had two sites and I only ever went to the Hackney one? If you look for their new Tottenham address first hit is another company who I've never heard of called ESP Powdercoating who claim to have been formed in 2012.

Has anyone been to the 'new' Armourtex yet? Are they as good as the 'old' one?

I think this post says it all.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ8GXjiDC0z/?taken-by=ldnbikekitchen

yeesh

did you have much luck with the old kent road chromers?

I'll embed for others

" I had two frames coated there after Armourtex was sold and the finish was disappointing. Plus they didn't mask anything off, like fork crown or BB shell, or seat tube, so there was powdercoat everywhere. They're not bike knowledgeable."

@Hulsroy FYI

Ok, so where do one get a descent powder coat then?

Few LBS are taking their frames to https://www.instagram.com/vazcyclefinishes/ Vaz (London). I am planning to drop him one frame to do. Thinking to add new spray.bike Keirin flakes.

Didn't know he did powder coating, thought it was just wet spray!

Anyone know if Vaz can do carbon?

He says he can 2pack & powder.

If I were painting a bike right now I think I'd use Cole or Colour Tech for 2pack.

Had a shit wet paint done recently and I vowed never again.

There's a CAAD 9 on his Insta with matching forks so I'd say yes.

never got round to giving them a call, won a voucher from Cole so I figured I'd just get them sprayed nicely, haven't got round to that yet either though.

I have used Vaz before and was real happy. I'll go there again then. Do you know his powder coat prices in relation to spray?

@haveo vaz does carbon real well, but it needs to sit longer after painting before paint is hardened as he can not heat cure carbon.

Anybody has Vaz's number? And also, is he open in weekends? I can't remember

He's often there on Saturday till 3pm

His studio number is online, and if you take a look at his instagram his mobile number should be available - soz would just give it to you but never saved it!