Haddles

The stoving of powder coat is usually at about 180 deg C, so the frome shouldn't be affected at all. Another option would be to get it painted, but to ask the painter to use a ceramic clear coat instead of their usual clear. It's probably not as hard as powder coat, but is certainly harder than a standard two pack low bake clear coat. They may have to charge you a bit extra if they don't stock it. I think it currently is only used on certain models of mercedes.

I am a painter for a living - self employed for the last 20 years, I specialise in a lot of show cars etc. This colour will be easy to replicate in automotive paints, and if applied properly in base coat with a low bake 2K clear coat (baked at approx 80c over it should last well. Powder coating is harder, but can also mask cracks if they happen. Professionaly applied paint is hardwearing - look at cars, same stuff. Aerosol applied in a garage won't last.

Hi, I'm very much a newbie to trials - but I paint cars and models etc for a living. It will be very difficult to polish up the surface you'll be left with after shot blasting, or sand blasting, although light shot blasting will be best out of the two. You'd be much better to paint strip it all with a car paint specific chemical stripper. Or possibly even sand it down going down through the grades of paper to a nice fine finish such as P1500 grit. The blasting leaves a pitted surface which is great for priming and painting but terrible to try and polish. A metal polishing company will be able to remove all paints as part of the polishing process, but will probably cost a bit. Hope it helps.