dreaded question

[Bmarinac]

Frames.... Paint or Powder Coat and Why? If Paint what paint do you recomend?

[MMasa]

Paint
A catalyzed single stage as opposed to base coat/clear coat

[larry]

Powder can reduce the value of a frame.

[chuckthebeatertruck]

Paint is easier to touch up :-)

For my own bikes I use house of kolor graphic black and uc35 clear. Very, very tough, but too shiny for most.

On bikes for resale or others, I like valspar black tractor and implement paint WITH valspars hardener. It's cheap, messy, but holds up really well and looks satiny black in a year or two of road use.

I recently had my '64 xlch frame powder coated. Looks great, but shows surface scratches much more easily than paint.