paints system on HDPE
paints system on HDPE
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Looking for a paint system/UV material(s) to paint over molded HDPE material for outdoor application. Please help!
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RE: paints system on HDPE
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: paints system on HDPE
Thanks! We just want to add some custom colors with 'shading' effect onto our products. Plus, we're ready to energize the molded surface so we can paint it.
ew
RE: paints system on HDPE
As you said, oxidation by corona, flame or plasma would work too.
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RE: paints system on HDPE
Thanks! How about how to start a paint line?
What kind of paints and equipment should we go after?
ew
BTW, I have another non-paint related question posted: CaCO3. Could you please advise me on that one as well?
RE: paints system on HDPE
The successful history is with automotive bumpers in PP. They only performed in a barely acceptable manner with corona discharge, but as time went on, the alloys where developed and the problems of dimensional stability, impact strength and paint adhesion all improved a lot.
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Pat
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I remember a flurry of publicity maybe a decade ago about selecting a finish process for John Deere lawn tractor hoods/boots.
I think at that time they were very enthused about in-mold finishing, either with film or paint sprayed into the cavity. ... or I may be remembering something else.
Regardless, I examined an actual production part at a home supply store last week. The current part is injection molded in a custom color, that lovely JD green that clashes with everything including itself, not pre- or post- finished. The exterior surface was quite nice. The interior surface includes a recycling material designation, "PC-ASA", which doesn't ring a bell for me; maybe someone else can guess what polymer/alloy that suggests.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: paints system on HDPE
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Pat
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