It is getting to be very costly to truck our parts and subassemblies out of town for epoxy powdercoating, and installing a powdercoat line of our own is out of the question. Over the years we have air sprayed a lot of thinner based enamel, but for the project in question we wish a higher degree of abrasion resistance. Would anyone be familiar with a finish that can be air sprayed onto cold finished structural steel that would have a higher degree of abrasion resistance and weatherability than thinner based enamel? All ideas, suggestions, and comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.
In place of powder coat?
Aug 17, 2004
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I would think an epoxy based paint such as Imron would be better than enamel. ________________________________________________________ Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 ( snipped-for-privacy@EdwardG.Ruf.com)
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Ed Ruf wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Imron is nasty stuff though.
There are several other types of epoxy paint which are a bit friendlier to use.
Dear K:
Air applied (necessarily thin) and abrasion resistance (high-self- and surface-adherance) are almost at odds with one another. There are a number of brands of epoxy paint that have stainless steel powder as a filler. You may have luck with one of those.
David A. Smith
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