So over the past month or so me and a couple buddies have been thinking about starting up a little powdercoating business. Nothin huge just a little weekend job to bring in some extra money since we are in school for five days a week. At my fathers shop he has a sandblaster and an oven that are not the largest in the world. (oven could only bake 15" rims at the largest) then finally we get a break! One of my other friends works at a machine shop that has an oven large enough for him to crawl into and sit down in (he is 7' tall btw) so that opens up a whole new window of opertunity. I hope to be getting my stiffy in soon and am planning on painting the brackets with powder. Was just wondering how many ppl here would be interested in having some things painted and also what kind of things would you like painted. My friend says that we could probably fit up to a full set (4) 18" rims in the oven simultaniously. Let me know!

I just got off the phone with him and hope to be going down to his shop sometime this weekend to check it out. I will get pictures if you guys want. Also, we are in the Kansas City area.

 

how much do you think for a set of 18" to be coated, and maybe a valve cover

im in the kc area too

 

i want a valve cover coated...............i would be up for it......what about some pricing?

 

I'll keep you in mind homeboys! word!

 

have not figured out any pricing yet but i will be sure to let everyone know as soon as possible. prices will probably depend on if buyers provide the paint or if we provide. anyone know of any prices set by people around here? we would probably be cheaper. valve cover would be around $75 im thinking...

full set of 18" maybe 300-400 depends on paint and what not ( these are just guestimations I will have more info as time goes by)

ok if everything works out this weekend i should be test painting my friends wheels for him and maybe my other friends cold air intake. I will be sure to post any pics of things that have been painted by us and will keep you all posted

 

wow 300-400 thats way up there. there is a place here that will do it for 25 a wheel

 

are u serious? paint alone would cost more that 25 for a wheel

how high of quality are they though?
We would take our time masking and doing prep work plus sand blasting and cleaning. that price they list is probably just to slap paint on and bake
Hell I have seen people charge that much for just one wheel alone!

 

they go great work, several of my friends have their wheels done. and they are 19's at that

 

not saying we could not do 19" rims.

 

start spreading the word if you guys would. We are planning on doing a referral discount program. will be posting pictures of work this weekend!

 

goodyear parmeters in ny does rims any color u want for 20 bucks a rim pretty good quality to.

 

Powercoater and where for 20 bills????

 

I got my sand rail wheels done for $20 each. The entire frame was done for $160.

Powder coating doesn't cost too much more than a quality paint job. Most places will prep and coat a valve cover for about 10-15 bucks.

 

if you are talking a simple rim that you only want one color then sure i can understand that but for us to blast and mask then paint more than one color then its going to cost more that 20 bucks i hate to tell ya

 

How much to do 4-18" Escalade wheels all black?

 

Remember that each piece has to be clean and pre treated , It can't just be sandblasted and sprayed up or you will have a bunch of rework and mad customers on your hands.

 

yeah i know. i did not want to get all technical w/ everyone here. i have had pleanty of practice w/ it and i am just offering my services now that i have access to a bigger oven.

 

how much does it usually cost to have a rim (18") powercoated gun metal?

 

I'll keep an eye out for some pics, may be interested in getting my rims powdercoated. Best of luck with the business!

 

prices are going to depend on more of the design of the wheel more than size. also would depend on how many colors you are wanting ie. chrome lip on black wheel and what not. we are going to be doing all prep work this weekend and hopefully posting pictures of any work that we can get done to show people out there that are interested what we are capeable of. I will let you know a more specific price if i could get a pic of the wheels or later on in the week whenever we get our paint ordered.

 

thank you

 

well if you need some stuff to test out on im here in kc

 

These rims in gun metal 18"x7.5". All gunmetal.

 

we have a few things that we are going to be doing this weekend (hopefully) also my dads 63 chevy pickup that i helped powder most of the engine components. i need to get some pics up. i think that would help get this going a little more quickly. i will post them asap

probably around 150-200, dont quote me on that yet lol

 

^^ that's not bad bc i really want like a dark gunmetal bc yellow goes great with it. I just dont like my black with silver lip ne more.