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Might have been my post... Chip @ C4 Labs did a set for me by matching the original finish that was left on them... Cost was $50 or $60 if I remember correctly.  I thought they turned out great!

Thanks for the info fellas

any idea of the color name ? or was it custom?

what will be affect if use brake on the rims?

I had a set of pro class powdered semi black and love how they look. I would think the powder would have to be extremely thick to have problems with the spokes/nipples. The guy that built mine had no problems. A local guy that does powder coating on the side did mine for $40 and I had them laced at the bike shop.

If you ride a lot I guess the powder would eventually wear off but that is nothing new. I would think that Powder/paint wears off new school rims eventually and the anno always would wear off of old school rims.

mark I just powdered a set ill post pics today.

SK1641    GUNMETAL STEEL PEARLESCENT

Last edited by tomandemmy (2012-01-01 7:48pm)

I think they are lighter but i am happy with the results.

My brother has a powder gun from Harbor Freight. We bought a used house hold oven awhile back. The powder was purchased at powder buy the pound. We powder any bmx parts we need now.

70 dollar gun, 25 dollar oven, 15 dollars for a pound of powder = priceless

Ryan D wrote:

I had a set of pro class powdered semi black and love how they look. I would think the powder would have to be extremely thick to have problems with the spokes/nipples. The guy that built mine had no problems. A local guy that does powder coating on the side did mine for $40 and I had them laced at the bike shop.

If you ride a lot I guess the powder would eventually wear off but that is nothing new. I would think that Powder/paint wears off new school rims eventually and the anno always would wear off of old school rims.
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Nice goose, Ryan.

OK guys I found a place locally that can do these PCIII back to the reannoed original finish. He has a new patented hard annodizing process that is very similar to the proclass III rims. I dont know all the spec details though. I showed him my rims , told him I would like the identical finish if possible and he said he could do it. He said he has a tub of black right now ready to go. The product is picking up in popularity so he will be keeping the tubs up and running. He is current expanding to do so. The difference he said is the thickness of the anno but the wear resistance of this new pantented product is as good or better proven through salt water test, i think?. Another cool feature is the color choice is open to other colors though and not just the Hard anno black. The rims are 85.00 if you remove the anno or 100.00 if they do it. He did say that using sodium hydroxide will take if off but the color will go first, the clear anno may remain and you can only make sure its all off for proper reanno with a conduction tester. So for another 15.00  I said he can remove the old anno for me.

PS if you Ashtabula parts that need refinishing in the OG finish you should read this thread.
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.p … 10&p=3

Last edited by Robertlee (2012-04-21 6:11am)