Cost to repaint bike?

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I recently acquired a Schwinn "Midget" (16"😉 Sting-Ray that needs to be repainted. Can anyone tell
me what I might expect to pay? Thanks, Dave Armstrong [email hidden]

A professional paint job up here (Toronto) is about $100-$150, assuming you give them a frame and
fork (no disassembly). If you're going to keep your bike, it's worth it. I've seen many home paint
jobs and for the most part, they suck huge. If you know someone in the auto body industry you might
be able to get a better price and they can probably do just as good a job.

Cheers,

Scott..

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I recently acquired a Schwinn "Midget" (16"😉 Sting-Ray that needs to be repainted. Can anyone tell
me what I might expect to pay? Thanks, Dave Armstrong [email hidden]

How much does 2 cans of Rustoleum cost?

Pete

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I recently acquired a Schwinn "Midget" (16"😉 Sting-Ray that needs to be repainted. Can anyone tell
me what I might expect to pay?

Dave, repainting a bike can be as cheap as the cost of 2 cans of Krylon; but I don't recommend it
(unless you don't mind touching it up frequently, or don't care much about the bike.)

Powdercoating is the paint of choice for bikes. It's also comparatively cheap. Dig around in your
local phone book and see if you can find somebody who does powdercoating in your area. You might
have to "network" with some machinists or auto racing/rodding folks to find a good source. You'll
probably find that powdercoating is somewhere between $50 and $100 for a single color. Probably not
too many color choices, either; but the resulting finish will be indestructible. Oh, I forgot to
mention: You don't have to strip the paint off the frame. Powdercoating always includes media
blasting to remove all paint - so that's a *lot* of effort saved.

Wet spray is the domain of auto body shops. Most of 'em will shoot some paint on your bike pretty
cheaply if you strip and prep the frame first. Warning: Auto paint is insanely expensive. My
recommendation is to ask the body shop to let you pick some paint from their leftover paint pots.
They'll have dozens of colors on hand, most likely, since they hate to throw away a pint of paint
that costs $400/gal when they can use it for other jobs. You can even have them mix up a custom
color from the leftovers. I did this, and the tab came to $60, cash on the barrelhead. (Make sure
that they know up front that you're paying in cash dollars. Make it easy on 'em.)

There are many other options; but they're all much more expensive. If you want a showpiece, you
can't do any better than Spectrum Powder Works in Colorado Springs, CO. Don't expec this kind of
quality from a local paint shop unless you're swinging some big $$$

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HTH, YMMV, etc

Barry

S. Anderson said:

A professional paint job up here (Toronto) is about $100-$150, assuming you give them a frame and
fork (no disassembly). If you're going to keep your bike, it's worth it. I've seen many home paint
jobs and for the most part, they suck huge.

Here in high theft NYC a home paint job that sucks is an advantage.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

"Don Wiss" <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, "S. Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Here in high theft NYC a home paint job that sucks is an advantage.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

Heehee..that's a good point. I've seen many high-end bikes downtown cleverly camoflauged with
hideous black tar paint jobs!! So maybe the Tremclad paint job does have some advantages!!

Cheers,

Scott..