Why You Need To Seek Help Of Powder Coating Los Angeles Painters

By Linda Ruiz


When looking for high quality finishes that will last long and leave no mess on surfaces, you may want to try powder coats. With powder coating Los Angeles painters, industrial companies and individuals will find that this is one of the most highly regarded finishes in the industry, being used on a variety of both industrial and domestic materials. It is especially useful for metal substrates, adding color and strength.

The effectiveness of this technique is in no small part because of the working mechanism. It is close to the way normal liquid paint works, but the fundamental differences make it much better. There is a powder gun that sprays the powdered material, and in it is a polarized rod that runs through the middle.

When the particles pass through, they get charged, leaving a slightly positively charged powdery substance and an item, which is slightly negatively charged. When the powders leave the gun, the charges will definitely attract. The positive charge on the powdery material will seek the negative charges on the material that is to be coated.

Any materials that can possess charge even slightly, it can be coated using that method. Some materials are better conductors than others, and for them, advanced techniques are used. One should also be careful and avoid the Faraday effect. After the spraying, comes the curing process, which is when the item that has been sprayed is heated to temperatures as high as 190 degrees Celsius.

The item is heated for about 15 minutes then cooled to room temperature. This process is not rigid, and changes with different powder types. The purpose of the heating process is to melt out the dry powders clinging to the part being coated. When they melt, they realign and form a stronger coating. The cooling process is done slowly so that both the melted powdery material and the item cool down together.

As a result of this procedure, the powdery material that comes out is very rarely wasted. Of the amount sprayed, about 95 per cent of it ends up on the item as a coat. The result of this is less wastage and messiness compared to the traditional liquid painting. Due to the nature of the powdery substance, one can recycle the paint and further increase efficiency.

The cost effectiveness does not stop there, though. The particles are smaller than the liquid based pigments in liquid paints. When using a single color, the particles can be recycled until up to 100 percent of them are used. For the liquid paint, once applied, there can be no recycling. The coating applied by this process is far much thicker than the normal paint coats.

In some cases, the thickness might be as much as ten times the normal paint coats. This is why the coating lasts as long on most items. Despite the thickness, the finish will still be smooth and never display any orange peel effects. The process is complex and the coating is thick, so the finish will be long lasting. The typical powder coat finish is resistant to damage from environmental factors like UV light, impact, moisture, and chemicals.




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