Powder coating is pretty simple to do.. as long as you get the right stuff. A roomate of mine set up a system in our garage. The starter set of paints and the shooter thing was around $300 I think, and we found an old oven to use for free (you don't want to bake the stuff inside your food oven!).

We both found powedercoating to be absolutely awesome - easy, you don't need skill, and it is tough!