Why Choose Powder Coatings?
Wet Painting
Wet painting is the cheapest and fastest of all finishing processes, however powder coating provides the following benefits:
• A much tougher and more chip resistant finish
• Much more resistant to corrosion
• No dripping, sagging or runs
• Even thickness throughout the application
• Non-toxic and fully organic
• Simple and safe cleanup
Anodizing
Although anodizing may be more resistant to physical abuse and abrasive environments powder coating offers:
• Greater colour selection
• Better colour uniformity between batches
• Better chemical resistance to mortar, strong acidic cleaners, and strong alkaline cleaners
• Environmentally safe
• More Cost efficient then anodizing on aluminium
• Can powder coat over anodizing but cannot anodize over powder coat which results in less wastage of a product.
Galvanizing
Although galvanizing may be more resistant to physical abuse and abrasive environments powder coating offers:
• Greater colour selection
• Better colour uniformity between batches
• Environmentally safe
• More cost efficient than galvanizing
• Can powder coat over galvanizing but cannot galvanize over powder coat which results in less wastage of a product.
Stainless
• Stainless only offers limited choice of appearance
• Fusion bonded epoxies (powdered epoxies) offer a slicker surface to prevent build up of unwanted materials (lower flow resistance)
• Better in saltwater and any corrosive environment
Epoxy Electrocoat
This type of coating may provide better corrosion resistance under some circumstances but it doesn’t compare with powder coating on the following:
• Provides much less choice in colour, texture and finish.
• Is not resistant to UV and will begin to chalk if used in outside applications.
• Powdered epoxies can be applied thicker than e-coat epoxies
• Powdered epoxies have higher cross-link properties making them stronger and more chemical resistant.
• E-coat epoxies require much tighter tolerances during the application process drastically increasing the chances of finish failure if process controls are not within the narrow tolerance range.
