[Breaking Taps] has a look at “parkerization” — a process to coat steel to prevent rust. While you commonly see this finish in firearms, it is usable anywhere you need some protection for steel parts.

Powder coatings are created using polymeric resins that are combined with pigments, curatives, flow modifiers, leveling agents, and additional additives. They are both solvent- and water-free systems.

Whether you are building your own hot rod at home or having a professional shop do it for you, you'll find that powder coating colors have a lot to offer. Sometimes called powder paint, powder coating ...

Powder coating is now preferred over liquid coating and has also been extensively employed in numerous industries due to its negligible VOC (volatile organic compound) emission, high solid content, ...

There are three basic ways to make a car and/or its parts look good: painting, plating, and powdercoating. Since we just finished our huge, 10-part series on how to paint your car last month, this ...

Formulating colors for architectural coatings is a complicated process that includes resins, pigments, and solvents. Special care must be taken to formulate coatings to ensure performance, even in the ...

Will focus on products to support auto collision industry, along with liquids and powder industrial finishes. DuPont recently opened a new research and development facility dedicated to coatings ...

You know the feeling. Sheets of rain hammering down, those silicone wipers working like crazy, and instead of clearing, your windshield turns into a smeared mess. That's where hydrophobic coatings ...

[Pete] had a friend who would powder coat metal parts for him, but when he needed 16 metal parts coated, he decided he needed to develop a way to do it himself. Some research turned up the fluid bed ...