What is Powder Coating?
Powder coating has its advantages over traditional wet sprayed finishes in terms of colour fastness, ready to use products once cured and no waiting for drying of solvent or water based paints.
Powder can be cured at temperatures ranging from 170c to 220c making finishes very durable and can protect against sun, rain, snow & salt e.t.c. if applied with expertly prepared surfaces using the latest pre-treatments.
Ranges in colours and finishes are endless, a few varieties’ are:
• BS and RAL in most sheens, matt, satin, and gloss.
• Textures – fine textures. Leatherette, Mudcrack and Hammer finishes available in most colours.
• Fluorescents - yellow, orange, green & pink.
• Metallic and special effects.
• Pearls and sparkle effects to name a few.
• Anti-bacterial powders used in hospitals and care homes e.t.c.
How is Powder Applied?
Powder is applied using electrostatic process. As the powder is charged and using the latest Nordson guns, air is used to transfer the charged powder to the pre-treatment component with expert precision, making sure corners, edges and inside boxes are all coated uniformly. The products are then ‘baked’ in our large on line oven so a uniform film is achieved ensuring no 'hot spots' occur which would produce uneven colour.
Using our wealth of experience with different powder providers, we choose the right powder for each product. Knowing a powder's limitations as well as its benefits is one of the reasons Impact Coatings is so successful.
Impact Coatings have the ability to coat anything from one off items to much larger projects like complete shop fits. Please see our Gallery section for some examples of our work.