What is Powder Coating?

Powder coating is much more durable than wet paint.  It has greater resistance to chipping, scratching, fading and wearing than other finishes.  It is a simple process in which paint in a finely ground powder form is given a positive electrical charge and sprayed onto a grounded surface with a negative charge.  The part is then placed in an oven to melt the powder which then flows and fuses into a continuous coating which is very hard and has no porosity.

There are several advantages of powder coating over conventional liquid coatings:

  • Powder coatings emit zero or near zero volatile organic compounds (VOC).   Environmentally Friendly.
  • Powder coatings can produce much thicker coatings than conventional liquid coatings without running or sagging.
  • Powder coating overspray can be recycled and thus it is possible to achieve nearly 100% use of the coating.
  • A wide range of specialty effects is easily accomplished which would be impossible to achieve with other coating processes.

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