Pretreatment for Powder Coating
Powder Coating Over ECoat
Don’t you have a grounding problem if the part is already e-coated? Is this a relatively new phenomenon? Wouldn’t a powder coating company prefer to pretreat the part themselves to guarantee the powder paint performance?
Read MoreOvens for Curing, Baking and Stripping
Featuring Burn-Off Ovens, Curing Ovens, Infrared Ovens and More...
Read MorePowder Coating Heirlooms
I know that the heat of soldering brass will usually discolor the brass, but would the heat of a powder coating oven be sufficient to melt the solder or discolor the metals?
Read MoreZinc Plating vs. Powder Coating
What is the relative cost difference? Which one lasts longer? Which is more durable? Are there any test results to support answers to these questions?
Read MoreA Couple of Questions About Touch-Up Paints
What is the best way to do touch-up to the power coated surface should there be slight damage occurring from shipping?? (i.e. nicks, chips) Can enamel paints be used, as there is no powder painting processes are done at this plant?
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Recoating a Permanent Structure
What can be applied that will match the color and texture of a powder coat finish?
Read MoreChemical Reaction Between Powder and Galvanizing
We have specified powder coating over galvanized metal surfaces for a gate. The contractor recommends not galvanize the gate because the final product will have dots due to chemical reaction.
Read MoreRusting Trolley and Chain
I installed a powder coating system in my plant in Ohio and the trolleys and the chain has rusted to the point that the trolleys are falling apart and the chain is rusted so bad it’s dropping rust on the coated parts. Is there some kind of material or coating that I can have put on the chain? At one time they made some chain out of a Microloy material but that is not available for the three-inch chain anymore. Maybe some kind of plastisol coating that the wash won’t attack?
Read MoreWrinkles in Powder Coating
As we want to compete globally, we have to stabilize the wrinkle pattern. In this regard can you tell us how can we freeze the pattern of wrinkle? Is there any standard method to regularize or international test method so that we can ask our powder supplier to follow the same?
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