Protect Products Using Powder Coating Mooresville NC Contractors

By Gwen Lowe





Metal coating using powder materials is a process that has been used for years to enhance the life of products, improve their functions, and protect them from elements like weather. Metals may suffer from problem such as impacts, corrosion, wearing, chipping, and cracking. Deformities in the materials can make the products not to function properly. With powder coating Mooresville NC contractors, they can help you apply coats on your metallic surfaces to prolong their life and improve their functionality.



The process entails finishing surfaces with use of free flow dry powders. This method replaces the traditional coat procedures of using wet paint. It is a coat procedure that offers superior performance. This kind of coat does not require solvents to help in keeping the filler parts and binders in liquid suspension.



During the process, the substrate is blasted and the stripped in order to remove any debris and dirt. The presence of debris, dust, and dirt can affect the quality of the finish. When it is cleaned or stripped properly, the coating adheres properly to the substrate. Although an optional process, a pretreatment with use of a chemical is applied in order to protect and clean the substrate surface.



Any experienced coater will apply the pretreatment process in order to ensure that you get the best results in the finished work. The cleaned and stripped surface is then rinsed properly and dried completely before a coat is applied. This coat process results to higher quality products with uniform surfaces free of bubbles and sags.



Products coated using this process have a dry film coat, which is thick than that obtained through spray painting. In powder coats, the thickness is about 4 to 10 times of that of the traditional liquid painting. The wet painting is usually applied in thickness of about 1 mil or one thousandths of an inch. On the other hand, the powders coats are applied of thickness of about 2 to 6 mils particularly of decorative finishes.



However, for functional finishes such as protection of the products, the thickness is much higher ranging from 6 to 10 mils. This demonstrates that this coating process is much more superior to spray painting. Moreover, the hardness of the coat is tougher when compared to wet painting. Decorated powdered coats have physically tougher hardness, which translates into greater chip, and scratch resistance.



In traditional spray paint, a scratch on coat can cause rust on metal substrate, which spreads and then lifts the surrounding paints thus ruining all the finish. However, with the powdered coats, they adhere well and because they do not scratch or flake easily, they keep the substrate protected from rusting. But, remember that anything can scratch when excess force is applied, meaning the powdered coats could also scratch but it is not typically their nature to scratch easily.



Another thing is that the powdered coats adhere to the substrate surfaces more uniformly and better than the spray paints. The firmness of a coat is depended on how it adheres to the surfaces. Although surface preparation is needed when coating surfaces, the finished coat is what determines the quality of the coats. You can protect and prolong the life of metallic products by coating them with a very effective coat procedure.









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