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Dan (and everyone else) --

I have had several parts powder coated, and in all cases it was $25 - $40.  Pretty cheap.  The first time I lived near Cleveland and found a place via the yellow pages.  They did production line stuff and I had to wait a couple of weeks until they have a job using the same color I wanted (white).  The other times I lived in Lompoc, CA where there is a bicycle factory in town.  They did it for me within a few days.

A normal part of powder coating is sandblasting first.  I asked them NOT to do this to my parts -- landing gear legs and already-alodined control pushrods -- I have had no problems with faulty adhesion.

The powder coat does build up on the holes.  At least this was the case for the epoxy powder coating I requested.  You'll have to run a drill bit through predrilled holes after coating.  Don't know how much it will build up around instrument holes, so I'd recommend sending them a test piece first.  It might cost you an extra $40 for the test piece but it could save you from remanufacturing the panel.

Yeah, powder coating's real nice.

- Rob

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