What are good after-care practices?

UV light, pollution, dirt, grime and road salt can all collect on your surfaces over time. A simple and consistent maintenance program should be used to ensure the removal of any residues. This will extend the active life of your powder coatings.

Standard cleaning should take place every six months. However, in areas where pollutants are more predominant, especially in coastline or industrial areas, a cleaning program should be carried out more frequently(i.e. every three months).

To clean your powder coated surface:

  • Carefully remove any residue with a wet sponge.
  • Use cloth or a non-abrasive soft brush with a mild household detergent to remove dust, salt and other sediments.
  • Rinse off with clean fresh water.
  • Harsh detergents should be avoided. If your cleaning agent recommends you use gloves when applying, do not use them. This is a good indication that the detergent is harsh and should not be used to clean your powder coating.

Powder coating is an advanced technique of applying a protective and decorative finish to an unlimited range of materials and products. It is used by both industries and consumers. The powder used for the process is a mixture of finely ground particles of pigment and resin, which is sprayed onto a surface electrostatically.

We offer a large selection of their color ranges as a standard option. We are able to supply colors from their entire range, so if you have something specific in mind we can arrange this for you.

The powder coating process involves the following;

  1. Pre-treatment – Methods of cleaning, preparing and protecting a substrate before applying powder coating. These can be mechanical and chemical.
  2. Powder Application – Electrostatic application of a dry powder to a substrate
  3. Drying – curing substrate will cause powder to flow and form a uniform coating

Powder coating is usually applied to metal substrates such as steel, aluminum and zinc coated steel. There are some new technologies emerging in coating other materials such as MDF using various methods.

There are many advantages to powder coating:

  • Powder coating is environmentally friendly compared to spray painting. It produces less hazardous material.
  • Powder coated products can be recycled
  • Powder coating is a more cost effective coating with a broad range of types available
  • Durable – the finished coating has a high resistance to scratching, chipping and marking

This is a very common question. There is no set answer since there are many variables affecting resilience. Salt, pollution and general deposits will affect the lifespan of the product and it is suggested that you follow a maintenance program to assist the longevity of the coating. Click here for more information on how best to maintain your powder coating.

Professionally applied and pre-treated powder coated metal can and has lasted more than 40 years since it was first applied.

Powder coatings are known for being tremendously tough. They are the choice coating for gas and oil pipelines which can be buried in the earth or undersea. Powder coatings are also commonly used on automotive parts and commercial and residential appliances because of their excellent chip resistance, hardness and or chemical resistance.

From the perspective of resistance to light and UV degradation, some powder coatings are outstanding, being used on the facades and window sections of large buildings.

Powder coatings are customarily designed for standard outdoor use and applications. They offer good weathering resistance, excellent film integrity and very good hardness.

Whilst not ideal it can be done with dark colors but it will bleed through with lighter colors. The blue primer itself does not have great adhesion to the steel so to ensure better adhesion of the powder to the substrate, we prefer to abrasively blast the blue primer off prior to powder coating.

We have our own abrasive blasting equipment at PCS and can manage the entire job for you.

Yes, we can coat over existing powdercoat. However, we cannot guarantee the finished product.

To get the very best result, powder coating should be done on new material or on a clean surface.

We advise that the old paint be totally removed. We can provide this to you as we have our own abrasive blasting and chemical stripping equipment at Zpro

With years of experience in the business, contact us to discuss your specific project.