Hot Rods Powder coat Price

Any one powder coat a rear axle housing lately I just did a price quote 2 different shops for bare brand new clean Currie 9 inch no rust no oil never ***embled 60% gloss black $ 350.0 plus tax yikes

 

Bare metal Primer, Rustoleum satin black, Max 2K clear…..about $100.00 about the best can do.

 

Any powder coating that I’ve used they need to do a fresh sandblast on the part regardless of the condition it is in when they start on it.
Sandblasting was always time and a half with a one hour minimum when I had my shop so I would say $82.50would be a fair price for sandblasting. Now painting would require hanging the axle ***embly and preparing for two coats of epoxy primer and two coats of single stage urethane. Labor 2.5 hours @ $55 =$137.50 paint materials 2.5 x $65 = 162.50
I’ve painted just about anything and everything and I think this is a fair representation of what it would take to spray quality paint on an axle ***embly.

Sandblast 82.50
Paint labor 137.50
Paint material. 162.50
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Total. 381.50 plus taxes

As you can see nothing is cheap anymore!

 

When I had my first suspension pieces Powder Painted the early 80's I could do everything that hung on a deuce ch***is for $350-$500 dollars. These days doing all those parts plus the frame about $2500- $3000 for a show quality job. The powder guy I use is very good and extremely picky. The 4 early Ford wires on the bare metal deuce roadster I just sold were $500 blasted & painted gloss black.

 

Seem's fair & what it coast .
Hot Rod shop rate here $175-250 hr

 

We powder coat almost all finished product steel and aluminum after working here and seeing powder coating for close to 20 years I am less than impressed!

I can get it done for the cost of materials and I still choose to buy Rustoleum primer and paint.

Powder coat is very highly overpriced and overrated!

 

Tractor Supply Paint- This used to be a decent cheap paint, but the last gallon I purchased, doubled in price, and they reduced it to ****. Looks good wet, but ****s out over time.

 

I powder coat here in Nebraska because of the harsh road conditions we have just raise hell with normal paint. Powder isn't perfect but it works for me.

 

Built this Zipper in 1998 and the frame, running gear and axles were powder painted red or black. Had some chips on the wish bones that were easily fixed. Sold it a couple of years ago and the powder coating was still in excellent condition. Just got 4 wheels and some other stuff powder painted red and paid $600. The price was on the high side because I took in a pair of brand new wheels that were PP white. Cost extra to have the white PP removed. I've been using powder painted parts and wheels on my cars for almost 30 years and used three different companies with no issues.

 

Rebuilt this 1969 Wheel Horse over the winter of 2022/23.

Powder coated every piece I could. Frame, axle, sheet-metal, brackets, etc. $750 at MC Custom Coatings in Springfield. Worth every penny, and this thing will cut gr*** and blow snow for another 50+ years.

 

$85 each, including sand blasting, to powder coat 15" wheels here in East Tennessee

 

$95.00 per wheel for 15x7 steel wheels with powder matched paint code here in SoCal.

 

Powdercoating is material cheap and labor expensive. I've found that anything you can do to reduce their labor will save you money. Fabricating metal 'masks' to seal the axle bearing bores and the opening for the third member, along with sacrificial bolts/nuts to seal/protect threaded holes and studs will allow the coater to simply blast the housing, blow it clean then coat it.

 

I had the wheels & grille insert power coated by the local guy Jimmy, more than 30 years ago, it cost me 75 bucks, I was talking to him just before Christmas and he said to do them now would cost about $550.00.

Today I just paint everything, power coating like everything else has gotten too expensive, I can use that cash elsewhere. HRP

 

Paint and materials go up weakly if not daily people have to stop living in the past it's a different world now so pick your poison pay big money to have a paint shop do it or scuff and rattle can it or save yourself the trouble and have it powder coated.

 

Human nature Cob, people are going to complain about the price no matter what it is. HRP

 

I bought a powder coating kit from Sears about 20 years ago and got a take-out built in kitchen oven for free. I do all of my parts that will fit in the oven ( a 14" wheel barely fits, a 15" doesn't). I have been thinking of a larger one, but probably won't do it because of age. A rear-end housing is a special case because of it's size and shape. I hear you can do a pretty good job with a bunch of heat lamps; I'd have to see it to believe it. The size of the oven seriously hampers the "Do-it-Yourselfer".

Ten years ago, the selection of different powder coat colors was great. I'll bet it's even better now.

 

Like I’ve said I have sprayed automotive and industrial top cotes sense the mid seventies and my preference would be an epoxy primer and urethane color coat, either signal or two stage. I’ve never been a fan of powder coating because of the rust that develops under it and the difficulty in repairing it. Epoxy was developed to be applied over sandblasted steal and is the best way to hold back rust even if the steal is exposed to water, something powder coating cannot do, rust travels under powder coating.

 

The last thing I had done was the tins for this gas pump, 300 bucks.

I also had him do a cool texture black on my daughter’s roll bar and rear tube bumper. 200 each.

I’m dropping off a skid plate I just finished for the 41 pickup. He does nice work and really quick. I never had a tear end housing done or anything that large. I’d be surprised if he would charge me more than 250/300 though.

 

Just need a comercial pizza oven.

 

I've been in a lot of pizzerias in my life and don't remember seeing one that large. And even if there is one, the logistics of installing it are daunting. By the time you got it installed, it would probably cost more than a purpose-built powder coating oven. Actually, what motivated me to get the powder coating setup was the offer of a free oven (kitchen remodel).

 

Pays to search shop around found a out of the way shop blasted 60% gloss black $ 200 including tax out the door I pick it up Monday

 

The kitchen ovens we used were big enough to do a 15" wheel. I modified a couple of the oven racks to hold them. We also powdered a rear axle once by setting the 2 ovens facing each other so the doors touched when open. A section of insulated ductwork was cut to fit over the doors creating a space large enough for the axle. A royal PITA to set up but it worked rather well.

 

I guess I got the wrong oven. The ability to do 15" wheels would have made a big difference.