It is a part of our lives every day, coating everything from household items and vehicles to heavy duty machinery, it even protects and beautifies countless artwork. It’s popularity comes down to two things: protection and style. As a coating method it is flexible, durable, highly protective, and its strengths are not at the cost of its looks. The range of powder coating colours and finishes is wide, which ensures your project looks and performs exactly as you need. The process has actually been around for fifty years, and it’s found in many common products and materials. The beauty of this particular method is that there are many controllable elements, such as colour, texture, and finish, all of which can be formulated to meet your desired specifications.
Preparation
Surfaces must be cleaned and protected. In other words, most powder coat providers will prep the surface to ensure smooth adhesion by utilizing sanding or a brush blast. It’s also necessary to protect any parts that you don’t want to treat, just as you would when painting a more traditional surface. This is a little more complicated with something like powder coating, as the static charge can be quite strong, but that’s why proper preparation is key. Sometimes, depending on the end result desired, there is also a pre-treatment involved, in which the surface is given a primer coat to achieve a specific result.
