I'm new to the Portland area and it took a while to find recommendations for a local powder coater to paint my vintage Campy alloys. As it turned out, three people sent me to the same place, Vancouver Powder Coating, and I'm glad they did.
The owners, Molly and Drew, are quality conscious, customer-oriented, and just plain nice to work with. Hard to beat that combination.
The price to media-blast and coat my wheels was $300, plus the cost of the special order Pacific Silver paint. It would have cost almost half that in materials, not to mention hours of my time, to paint the wheels at home. And I still wouldn't have gotten the durability of powder coating.
In case you're considering redoing your wheels, Vancouver Powder Coating's number is 360-910-7596. They're on E. 18th Street, just south of Fourth Plain and west of Andresen.
The tires, by the way, are Dunlop's super sticky Diarrhea Star Spec Z1's. Okay, I may have changed the name slightly --Diarrhea-Direzza-- but who in the heck would name a tire so it sounds like it has an intestinal ailment?
The owners, Molly and Drew, are quality conscious, customer-oriented, and just plain nice to work with. Hard to beat that combination.
The price to media-blast and coat my wheels was $300, plus the cost of the special order Pacific Silver paint. It would have cost almost half that in materials, not to mention hours of my time, to paint the wheels at home. And I still wouldn't have gotten the durability of powder coating.
In case you're considering redoing your wheels, Vancouver Powder Coating's number is 360-910-7596. They're on E. 18th Street, just south of Fourth Plain and west of Andresen.
The tires, by the way, are Dunlop's super sticky Diarrhea Star Spec Z1's. Okay, I may have changed the name slightly --Diarrhea-Direzza-- but who in the heck would name a tire so it sounds like it has an intestinal ailment?