Powder or Paint?

I'm thinking of just pulling the sw-arm out of the R100RS and doing it
properly rather than clingfilm and lots of lying on my back in a freezing
garage. So it could be re-finished innashop. Paint or powder coating though?
I think stove enamel is consigned to history.

I think I like powder coating, it seems to be chip resistant from frames and
wheels I had done. Are there different types/grades I wonder.

 

Paint, every time, unless you're on a really tight budget.

Powder coat never looks *right*, IMHO, and if you do get a chip in it,
it seems to start to peel away, and it renders frame numbers all but
invisible (not that this is a problem with a swinging arm).

Far from it. I'm having the TS2350 frame stoved - costs twice as much as
pwder coat, though.

Beav is your man here for an authoritative opinion.

 

Wot 'e said.

The other issue is that *if* the powdercoating gets damaged, you'll have
a hell of a time getting that fixed as you can't just touch it up like
paint.

 

Have you considered lipstick?

 

Not so easy now the weather's warmer, and really only applicable to
those who worship their machines.

 

The rebore went well then?

 

He probably found a big block for it...

 

Ho, ho....