What happened to clear powder coating

[David Sprunger]

In reading Grant's latest post about the new mystery bike, I noted his
comments on potential clear powder coating of the frame. That remark
made me wonder what happened to clear powder coat option that was
promoted heavily 3-4 years ago. My original series Bombadil was clear
coated, and the finish is still solid. Grant's comments imply some
sort of salt issues related perhaps to sea air. Of course, North
Dakota is about as inland as it gets. Should someone with a clear coat
finish anticipate a paint job to preserve the frame?
Thanks,
David Sprunger
Fargo, ND

[Allingham II, Thomas J]

There have been a few posts on this in the past. I have a Bomba that was originally clear powder coated. The bike lived for its first summer at my house at the Jersey shore, literally 20 yards from the saltwater Intracoastal Waterway, and after that summer I noticed that it was developing some small rust spots. It was my first Rivendell, and my first "nice" bike, and I had what I now think of as a bit of an obsessive fear that something was going "wrong" with it. So I had it repainted (which, BTW, Riv volunteered to contribute to the cost of, entirely without complaint; with the benefit of hindsight, I don't think they needed to do that, and I probably shouldn't have accepted). There are, I believe, lots of clear powdercoated Rivs out there with no problems at all, and the notion that a few rust spots is really a "problem" could certainly be debated. (I think a few of those bikes are identified in a string on the Bombadil group on Flickr, and I think Esteban on this list had a Protovelo that experienced no issues.)

I'm on the Mystery Bike list, and I don't plan to use that bike at the Shore; since it will be living inland in Delaware, if GP and the crew will allow it in light of my history on the Bomba, I might very well choose to have this bike clear powdercoated. My Bomba in its original finish was the prettiest bike I've ever seen (subjective judgment, of course), and if it develops a little rust over time, well, that's what steel does, and that's why clear nail polish was invented, I guess.

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[Mike S]

I have a 2.5 year old Quickbeam that's accumulating some pretty good
beausage, which I'm currently fine with. However, if I were to re-
finish, I think the clear powder-coating would be my 1st choice. The
only concern I have is what you do when a clear powder-coat gets
dinged, meaning what would one use for touch up work? I tend to be
hard on stuff, and I know any finish would soon require touch up.

For those with the CPC, what have you used for this purpose? Also,
where would one have to send a bike to get this done, I assume there's
a contractor Rivendell knows? Any idea what the cost is?

Thanks!

On Dec 8, 9:21 am, "Allingham II, Thomas J"

[David Yu Greenblatt]

Mike,

Couldn't you use clear nail polish for touch up, as Thomas suggested?

David G
Madison WI

[William]

I've got a powdercoat idea for my next frameset, but it's not clear powder coat.  I did a lot of brevets in 2011 and in 2012 I'm going to attempt stretching out to longer events which will include much more night riding.  When I built up a dynamo wheelset, I got the rims powdercoated with retroreflective coating.  They look dark grey in daylight and bright white at night in headlights.  I'm going to get a frameset coated in it one of these years.  

[Allingham II, Thomas J]

cool concept

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From: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of William
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:51 PM
To: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: What happened to clear powder coating

I've got a powdercoat idea for my next frameset, but it's not clear powder coat.  I did a lot of brevets in 2011 and in 2012 I'm going to attempt stretching out to longer events which will include much more night riding.  When I built up a dynamo wheelset, I got the rims powdercoated with retroreflective coating.  They look dark grey in daylight and bright white at night in headlights.  I'm going to get a frameset coated in it one of these years.  

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