Wah. Got bike resprayed. All very pretty - except they missed a patch.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/socktoy/Looks gorgeous in the flesh other than that - the white is pearlescent and looks green and purple shimmery when the light catches it.
Well, the frame looks beautiful where it's powder coated (pearlescent white with gloss laquer), but not all is perfect. Details and pics below.
The Good:
The powdercoat is lovely - it is a glossy white that very subtley catches the light and shimmers purple or green depending on where it's positioned. Every bit as nice as the old Dupont paint. It is slightly more 'dipply' on very close inspection than the paint was, but that is holding the frame to nose to see.
The Armourtex guys really paid attention to protecting the areas - the dividing lines around the seatposts, BB, etc, are all clear, no leakage inside the frame, no bulb around the tubes.
The downtube shifter mounts have been kept extra thin without a coat of laquer to ease fitting - excellent detail.
Major detailing like the Lug edges and braze ons are preserved with crisp, sharp edges.
Despite other posters experiences nothing was mixed up or lost, and Armourtex delivered exactly when they said they would.
The bad:
While some detail is lost over paint (the serial number is blurred, the markings on the seat stays harder to read) they are still visible - good.
One bolt fixing hole on the seatpost has a clear 'lump' on it where something wasnt cleared off properly and got powder coated. This was initially also a burnt colour, though that brushed off simply - its the only major flaw in the powder coat surface.
The ugly:
There is a 1cm by half cm area between the seat stays where they meet the post that hasnt been powder coated - looks yellow. Very dissapointing. Will have to take it back to armourtex on monday and wont get to build or ride the bike this weekend. Hopefully they will just redo, but getting there for 7am is a faff when having to get to work as well - opposite directions.
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