worntorn
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Powder coat blah blah. Powder Coat what's new?
Powder Coat someone still loves you!
This frame was powder coated about ten years ago now. The bike gets used very hard in the bush, lots of contact with tree branches, rocks logs etc. Afterward it is put away muddy and wet, no paint care whatsoever.
Until today I've never really cleaned the bike since it was built from parts ten years ago. Some years before loading up for a trip I will hit it with the pressure washer to blast off most of the old caked on mud. Pretty brutal treatment , but it is a tough little Spanish bike, so it endures.
I was pressure washing last fall's caked on clay mud today then realized the rear tire was flat and the tube stem was leaking.
So the first pic is after pressure washing.
Once on the lift for the tube change, I gave it a more thorough cleaning.
I was pleasantly surprised at the state of the powder coated frame.
It looks just as it did ten years ago.
I sandblasted the frame to bare metal for this PC. That's the only way my local Powder Coated will do it.
Powder Coat someone still loves you!
This frame was powder coated about ten years ago now. The bike gets used very hard in the bush, lots of contact with tree branches, rocks logs etc. Afterward it is put away muddy and wet, no paint care whatsoever.
Until today I've never really cleaned the bike since it was built from parts ten years ago. Some years before loading up for a trip I will hit it with the pressure washer to blast off most of the old caked on mud. Pretty brutal treatment , but it is a tough little Spanish bike, so it endures.
I was pressure washing last fall's caked on clay mud today then realized the rear tire was flat and the tube stem was leaking.
So the first pic is after pressure washing.
Once on the lift for the tube change, I gave it a more thorough cleaning.
I was pleasantly surprised at the state of the powder coated frame.
It looks just as it did ten years ago.
I sandblasted the frame to bare metal for this PC. That's the only way my local Powder Coated will do it.
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