They didn't do a good job.

I've had rusty frames done in gloss black and they were smooth as glass when done.

It's all in who does it....

personally i would ask him to do it again, tell him it is not good quality and that you need it to be perfect. like you say you get what you pay for. if my coater makes a mistake he always puts it right no questions asked
graeme

That is pretty shoddy work there.

I shopped around with powder coaters on my last frame. The one I have always used does great work, but they're getting expensive. So I found one that did it for about $40 less. It came out "ok" but I wasn't completely pleased. I should have sprung for the $40 extra.

I took my Jr Performer f&f to get coated, and I also spent hours stripping the old paint and "prepping" bare metal. Then my powder coater told me I didnt have to do all that. He sand blasted the frame to give the surface an etch, and that frame came back smooth as glass. I'd say find a different powder coater. All for $45 bucks.

As 78 Goose said, any "decent" powder shop should be doing their own prep. I don't even remove decals or grime for my local shop. Metal needs to be sand blasted before powder anyway. If the peice has existing powder they'll probably bake it off, then sand blast.

Next you have to decide if you have a "decent" shop. Do they understand your looking to get a great looking finish or do they powder coat simply for funtion...to protect and preserve? If they claim they can do better, ask to see some work. If their doing motocycle frames, car parts, furniture....go see them, get some references. If their specialty is farm equipment, roll bars and trailers, find someone else.

Preping, application and bake time are all crucial to a great looking product. Your frame looks under baked to me.

I have a guy here in Wichita that does all of my stuff. Great guys - they do a lot of work for Big Dog motorcycles. $60 for a frame and fork, including prep. Check 'em out HERE. I'm taking my Pro-Line there for a candy red job this week. They can't be beat. I'm sure they can arrange to have you ship to them and them they ship back to you if you can't find someone good local.

Thanks for all the help. I'm going to try and find someone else to powder it. The shop that did it said they never get any complaints on their work and that is as good as they can get it.

Glad I didn't start off powdering my Torker.

Thanks again

Phil

..you can color sand and buff powdercoat..if you have any arm strength left from preping it!

Have Chip (Streetrod231 on VBMX) do it. He does great work. He did this one:

Your frame has what is called "orange peel". It has the small dimples like an orange. They may have used too low of a temperature or just simply under-baked it like Randy said.