I’ve been going a bit mad powder coating everything I can find!
I coated an EDC bottle opener tool prybar thing and it came out pretty good
I had a thought to do some mini pry bars (3 inch / 7.5cm)
They are stainless steel, and can be coated in any colour
Colours I’m thinking:
Lime green
Hot pink
Orange
White
Mid-blue
Matte olive
Yellow
I can also do candy colours (costs more) but would look cool
Here’s a picture of a stock prybar:
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Anyone?
Price?
Massively depends on the amount per colour
Ie. If 10 people order blue it will be cheaper than doing 10 separate colours
I could just stick to one colour for a set price, then increased price for different colours?
When you’re powder coating pry bars, I can’t help but agree!
Honestly, since they are meant for… prying, they don’t feel like the most ideal candidate for coating. 
Why not? Most of the more expensive brands of crowbars/wrecking bars are powder coated, it’s one of the most durable coatings out there 
I don’t know. It’s still a coating. On a piece of metal that is meant to take abuse. Aren’t full sized crowbars not normally made of stainless steel? I can see a coating being more useful there.
My pry bar is a P38 can opener.
If you could keep the cutting part uncoated and only do the gripping part, it would look pretty cool.
Most pry bars are painted on all the non-contact areas and bare metal on the contact areas. I assume this one would be the same. Much of the painting you see on lots of items any more, is powder coating. Powder coating has taken over from regular wet spray for a long time now. It's tougher than wet spray, if it's done right and you would be surprised just how much is done that way.
Are you able to do this at home?
Ooohhh that glossy purple bottom right is SICK!
I assumed, perhaps wrongly, that the entire thing would be coated.
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Certainly my favorite. The others are too plasticy looking for my tastes.
Nice alright. I believe that’s called Harlequin.
I’ve seen it on a few cars around here. It does not suit car bodies !!!
But the right applications, very cool looking. A Maglite in that colour would look swish. But only a small one. Look a tad garish on the larger ones I’m thinking.
You gotta be able to pull off the pimp look! A purple leopard print fedora hat is a must have when driving such a car. :partying_face:
Haha indeed ! I can just picture a 70s pimp in a Harlequin Caddy wearing exaclty that.
I’ve seen a ~92 Vette, similar vintage MR2, 96 Accord and a 60s Beetle in Harlequin.
I needed an airline sick-bag each time I saw one.
The cutting/prying part can be left un-coated yes, or can be fully coated
Yes, with the right equipment, eg. Air compressor, filters, powder coating gun, powder and a dedicated oven (can’t use ovens used for food due to the fumes in curing)
The candy purple, The most expensive! For it to come out well you have to chrome the base first and cure, then put the candy coat over the top and cure again.
Most if the work is in the preparation as you can see on videos of powder coating
No, they would rust very easily, powder coating is tough, very under rated. Contact areas are usually left bare (the same with any tool)
It’s tougher than most, if you watch the video a few posts up you’ll see how it holds up against paint and anodising
I think a lot more people would do it, but start up is expensive, and you are limited by the size of the oven you are using to cure the parts (mine is a mini oven 2ft by 1ft ish) good for lights and small parts, but couldn’t do a set of alloy wheels. I could spray them, just not cure them!
I think you should also offer this service like n10sivern. Give a basic price for personal items to be coated… 
I’m offering hosts and clips at the moment on my website
Custom jobs will have to be done on case by case basis at the moment, ill have a think and come up with a pricing system
I wonder if there is anyone who can test Cerakote vs Powder coat?!
Aha! You send some stuff to n10sivern and he sends some stuff over to you… Or you can send both your stuff to Dale for tests
Would have to be someone independent to prevent bias 