About Powder Coating

The Powder Coating process was developed

many years ago in Europe to address environmental concerns and has the added benefit of giving significant more durable finishes than traditional wet coating.  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.

The entire powder coating process involves several steps.

Abrasive Blasting, stripping and/or solvent cleaning to ensure the surface is free of any oils, dirt, rust or foreign matter

Pretreatment during which the product is treated with a chemical to further protect it and improve the surface for powder coating

Rinse and Dried

Powder is applied with an electrostatic gun

Curing – takes place when the product is heated at a certain metal temperature for ten minutes after which the product cools and the coating forms a high quality, durable finished surface.

Powder coating gives one of the most economical and most color-durable quality finishes available.

Powder coated surfaces are more resistant to chipping, scratching, fading, and wearing than other finishes. Colour selection is virtually unlimited with high and low gloss, metallic, and clear finishes available. And colours stay bright and vibrant longer. Texture selections range from smooth surfaces to a wrinkled or matte finish, and rough textures designed for hiding surface imperfections.

Unlike many liquid paints that contain solvents, which can contribute to air pollution and, in some cases, ozone depletion. Powder coatings are free of such pollutants.

Powder coatings have coated parts with a superior quality finish at a reasonable cost.