Ceramic coatings and Hot Rods...made for each other

One of the advantages of making your own cranks is that you can paint them to match the bike, giving the project that little bit extra.  However, as anyone who has ridden off road for years knows, your shoe/ankle tends to rub the paint/annodizing right off the outside aspect of the arm.  Looking for something that provides  more durability and a different look, I've been researching and playing with some ceramic coatings that I can apply in house.  Long story short, I've found a product that meets my parameters and we're now ceramic coating parts.  I'm REALLY happy with the results.

Parts after baking in the box for 2 1/2 hours...

A nice titanium blue finish...

and a graphite black...

They really play well off the anodized spiders and provide a very durable, visually pleasing finish.

The coating only builds .001", so this will make an excellent, scratch resistant finish for steel bars as well without building the od like powder and liquid paint does.

EDIT... update with the finished product.  I played with some stencil/masking techniques and now have the process dialed (quite a bit different than paint) and here is what the finshed product will look like with ceramic. 

Matte black with titanium blue graphic and annodized spider...

cheers,

rody