Powder coat costs

[Fun Engineer 859]

 So there is a new powder coating shop in town. I was quoted a price of $18 each for rear wheel rims.   For those of you that have had powder coating done, Does that sound like a fair price?  

Edited June 14, 2016 by Fun Engineer

[dclarke 4,046]

I think I paid about $20 a wheel to have mine done. 

[Fun Engineer 859]

 Thanks Denny. 

Did you have a lot of pitting? And how did it look afterwards

[dclarke 4,046]

No pitting to speak of, Dave. I think they look great. 

[ACman 7,624]

I don't know the cost but my fenders are pitted . I'm sure that one of the TV programs I watch , said that there are some fillers that can be used with the powder coating process .

 

 

 

[rmaynard 15,730]

PM member @Martin He is a powder coater by trade and can answer your questions. 

 

Before my powder coater stopped doing it for anyone other than himself, he would charge me $50 for all four wheels. (sand blast and powder coat)

 

 

Edited September 5, 2022 by rmaynard

[JPWH 6,145]

Those are some fantastic prices.

When I checked in Atlanta the only shops that would do it wanted 200.00 per wheel.

[Bert 760]

43 minutes ago, JPWH said:

Those are some fantastic prices.

When I checked in Atlanta the only shops that would do it wanted 200.00 per wheel.

Yikes, sounds like they wanted to pull one over on ya 

[benji756 341]

I just had my rims for my 520h done and paid $20 for each one, they turned out great!

[Fun Engineer 859]

Good info guys thanks. Going to take him a wheel to look at tomorrow and a small part show me an example of his work. 

[RedRanger 1,468]

My guy charges about $25 a wheel to blast and coat.  If not pitted, they turn out like new.  If pitted, you'll see the pitting afterwards.

He also did my seat for my 401 which had about 6 layers of paint making it look smooth.  Once blasted, it was very pitted.

He said he put two heavy coats on it to smooth it.  I'm not sure if this means he baked it twice or just laid extra material on it, but it turned out pretty nice considering what it was.

 

Nice thing about powder coating is it is so tough and hard to scratch.  Best thing about powder coat is handing the rusty parts to the powder coater and getting them back a few days later DONE!    No hours spent over the sand blaster and no time painting.

Also had a deck done and added teflon to the powder.  Underneath stays really clean.

[bmsgaffer 2,046]

Man I cant find a shop around that will charge me less than $250 for four wheels blasted and coated.

[RedRanger 1,468]

6 minutes ago, bmsgaffer said:

Man I cant find a shop around that will charge me less than $250 for four wheels blasted and coated.

Do they understand the smaller size they're dealing with?  I had two coaters pricing the same as car wheels until they saw them.

[bmsgaffer 2,046]

To be fair I haven't stopped at any in person, but I should. I do make it very clear that they are garden tractor wheels and give them approximate sizes. 

 

Now that I work out in the boonies I need to get a hold of some of these smaller shops and see what they charge. 

[kdeatrick 145]

I just paid $170 to have all 4 done. He had them burned before blasting to cut down on the time. 

I had them done at LPC in Hanover, PA http://lincolnwaypowdercoating.com/. I'm very pleased with his work. Perhaps the charge is a little higher, but he's doing a lot of racing work as well as from a large welding shop so he can get these type prices. 

 

After I'd already dropped them off, Carma Coatings http://carmacoatings.com/ called me back and the price they quoted was a good bit cheaper, but he took a while getting back to me. 

Edited July 13, 2016 by kdeatrick