TAKING THE GUESSWORK OUT OF POWDER COATING 

AKZO NOBEL APPROVED APPLICATOR FOR THE INTERPON PZ 770 SYSTEM - ANTI CORROSIVE POWDERS - MARINE ENVIRONMENT POWDERS ISO 12944 C5-M - ANTI BACTERIAL POWDERS - ARCHITECTURAL POWDERS - INDUSTRIAL POWDERS - RAL COLOURS - BS 381C COLOURS - SPECIAL COLOURS

Customers need to have confidence that the coating you have applied will perform when the work is put to use, whether it be outside and open to the elements, or inside and in contact with everyday life.

Powder coating if applied and cured correctly is one of the finest coatings available. However if it is under cured, it will break down very quickly.

It can look good, even feel good but if it is not cured for the right time, at the right temperature, the coating will be very brittle. Even tapping the coating with a small coin can cause the film to easily chip.

Here at IFS we carry out testing on a regular basis on actual production for the none destructive testing. We also use test plates for the tests that would damage the coating.

We check the actual temperature of a product we are coating when its in the oven each week. We conduct humidity test twice daily. This takes all the guess work out of powder coating.

It is not only the cure that has to be focused on. There is the pre-treatment or preparation, prime coats or etch primers.  They all need their own individual methods of test to ensure a quality product.

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