[nutz4sand]

When I lived in Indianapolis there was a place one the south side not far from my house that did sandblasting and painting and powdercoating.

When I got my build table mostly built I took the main part of it to be blasted and painted. They told me Powdercoating WAS CHEAPER. But my table was to big (6 foot by 12 feet) to fit in the oven they had to bake it. It did not bother me casue I touch it up with rattle can when it gets scratched.

But beware of shops trying to bone you for big bucks to powdercoat. That it costs so much was true when it was a fledgling technology. But nowadays those trying to charge huge bucks are taking unfair advantage.