Powder Coating
Get Your Products Noticed with the Powder Coated Tough Mark
Since the Powder Coated Tough Mark was introduced in the spring of 1998, over 400 powder coating businesses, including 134 manufacturers of powder coated products, have signed up for the Powder Coated Tough Mark program.
Read MoreSmall-Scale Thinking
Nano-technology pretreatment improves powder coating quality and productivity.
Read MoreConductive Powder
Does the Powder Coating market/industry, supply or make available any Powder Coating that is also conductive? Would there be the chance of adding say nickel or copper to the Powder Coating to help this conductivity?
Read MoreAdhering Two Powder Coated Surfaces
I am trying to get two powder coated surfaces to permanently adhere to each other. What, if anything do you recommend? We have 32 x 40 x 1/8 inch aluminum powder coated sheet attached to all sides to 1 x 1 inch powder coated steel tubing.
Read MoreNanoceramic Pretreatment
I have been informed about nanoceramic pretreatment prior powder painting. Any experience? Is it really good? Where is the catch?
Read MoreAvoiding Powder in Threads
We have a problem with powder in the threads. We have tried to use rubber pull plugs, but some powder still gets in. We spend a lot of time re-tapping after painting. Do you have any suggestions or thoughts that can help?
Read MoreSwitching from Liquid to Powder
How are colors, surface texture and luster handled from a standards standpoint? How would I change one of our liquid paint colors (let’s say beige) with a light textured finish to a powder coating? Our paint spec now calls out Sherwin Williams F63HX ... TEXTURED. How would I change this over to Powder Coating?
Read MoreThe Effect of Low Temperatures on Powder
I have an application of powder coated steel storage racks in a freezer at 20°F below zero. Does powder paint, like steel, get harder as the temperature goes lower?
Read MorePretreatment for Powder Coated Aluminum Chairs
We have recently started manufacturing sand-cast LM6 aluminum chairs for a company in United Kingdom. They said that unless we baked it, it will not work with their powder coating. Air dried would not be acceptable. They want this undercoat because they advertise their chair to have a very long life—a rust-free, rot-free range of furniture. Can you tell us more about this pretreatment that you have suggested. Also whether it will last the period from our doing it till the buyers actually powder coat it.
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