I’m wondering if this would last very long, or wear off quickly? I’m thinking since your feet are actually resting mostly on the pins, it might last longer, but I just don’t know if it would be practical to paint them.
Anybody ever paint their pedals, and if so, did the finish last a reasonable amount of time? I know P coating would be the most durable way, and most pedals are finished this way at the factory, but the cost may be restrictive, unless I could maybe have the shop do them at the same time as my frame!
hah that’swhat I figured. I actually like the idea of just haveing the Pcoat shop do the pedals at the same time as the frame! That would prolly not even cost extra, or much extra anyway!
Well that “pedal-painting” idea died fast! I just talked to a powder coat shop and the owner said he will custom powder coat THREE frames (Coker, '07 KH muni, and '05 KH muni) plus three pairs of pedals in any color of my choice.
The price? ZERO $$ Haha, we’re going to do a trade; I’ll tune his piano in exchange, but won’t have do do it for at least a few months 'till his wife decides to start playing it!
Btw, I had this same place powder coat a couple of uni frames about a year or so ago and he did a great job! Here’s one he did a while back:
I always paint my pedals…and cranks. it’s not really worth it. It’s a waist of paint and money. It wears off fairly quickly. Mostly scratches off by stuff. I dont know why I keep painting them myself. They look good right after painting, but them they look like crap.
I spray painted one side of my plastic pedals so I know which side faces up so I still have the little pins on one side for grip. The other side is worn completely smooth from grinding. The paint has held up pretty well, all things considered. But if you’re going for fashion, I wouldn’t bother. My pedal painting was strictly function.
I have been thinking about painting pedals as well, I would like to buy the qu-ax mag pedals but they come in yellow. My dad says he can get powder coating done for free at work so I may see if he can do them. Also my kh frame is now getting quite scratched up so I was considering geting that powder coated as well.
