Powder Coating Environmentally Friendly

Powder coating is an environmentally friendly alternative to toxic wet paints and electro plating.

Powder coating environmentally friendly.

The environmentally friendly powder coating has several advantages over traditional powder coating and conventional liquid coatings. Powder coating is an environmentally friendly process unlike solvent based wet paint systems. Since powder coating is inert and produces almost no vocs applying it does not create harmful fumes or contribute to air pollution. Environmentally friendly powder coating is mainly used for coating of metals for structural steel and highway component products.

Unlike liquid paint no solvents are used during the powder coating process making it a particularly environmentally friendly finishing technique as a dry finishing process free flowing ground particles of pigment and resin are electrostatically applied to a metal substrate and then cured in an oven for a tough surface finish extremely resistant to breakdown such as impact moisture. Powder coating was first used in australia in the 1960s. And because the process does not produce any harmful compounds during application manufacturers consider powder coating as an environmentally friendly finishing technology. Powder coating protects steel from corrosion and at the same time provides cosmetically attractive finish.

Powder coating is a high quality finish found on thousands of products you come in contact with each day. With epa regulations growing ever stricter powder coating is fast becoming the technology of choice.