Steve asks: Last I heard, those raw clearcoat powdercoated bikes rusted pretty quickly under the finish. Has that changed?
I doubt that it has changed. However I think the rate of rusting is quite dependent on the particular environment, so as to how fast rust accumulates YMMV. Furthermore, with clear powdercoat at least you can see the rust. I don't believe adding pigment changes the rust reality. Out of sight may be out of mind, but it's not out of existence. Anyway I have been perfectly happy with my clear coated Bombadil. On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 1:55:07 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 02/08/2015 06:43 PM, Steven Butcher wrote: > > Bruce, I'm new to RBW but check in often. I'd like to give a plug for > Groody Brothers in Kansas City, Missouri. They have a very informative > website. I've had them powder coat a frame which turned out nicely. To > remove the old paint, they used a glass bead blasting process which is much > gentler to the metal than sandblasting. I know they can do a clear powder > coat. I really like that raw metal look. Good luck. Steve. > > On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 1:41:57 PM UTC-5, Bruce Baker wrote: >> >> Has anyone taken their Sam Hillborne, stripped it and gone with a clear >> powder coat?? Would there be any downside to this?? >> I really like the looks of the protovelos I've seen and think it would be >> interesting have a Sam like that. Any thoughts or comments?? >> Bruce >> > > Last I heard, those raw clearcoat powdercoated bikes rusted pretty quickly > under the finish. Has that changed? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
