Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
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I need to coat steel hand tools with a colorful coating that is more durable than paint.
-Bright appealing color is very desirable
-Temperature range, 0 to 120 F
-Weight of parts, 5 to 45 pounds
-Rust protection would be nice but not required
-Material is 17-4 stainless steel investment casting
-Volume is low, ideal batch size for processing, 25 to 50
-100 to 500 parts per year?
-Keeping cost down is important but would like all options
-Bright appealing color is very desirable
-Temperature range, 0 to 120 F
-Weight of parts, 5 to 45 pounds
-Rust protection would be nice but not required
-Material is 17-4 stainless steel investment casting
-Volume is low, ideal batch size for processing, 25 to 50
-100 to 500 parts per year?
-Keeping cost down is important but would like all options





RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
http://www.plastidip.com/industrial/plastidip.html
It is great stuff...
RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
Thanks for the idea. The colors are bright and it lends it self to low volume. It seems to be more durable than paint.
RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
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Alex
RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
Jim Treglio
Molecular Metallurgy, Inc.
RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
the cost effective coatings might be
TiN- bright golden (recommended)
TiNC-mauve
CrN- bright white
TiC-gray-light-dark-black
the substrate should be polished if you need a good finish
excellent hardness, abrasion and scrach resistance.
RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
RE: Need Colorful Coating for Steel, More Durable Than Paint
secondly the thickness requested.
TiN or TiNC must be most cost effective.
compare to the other processes, based on your requirement, I do think PVD coatings is quite a good way.
well, if possible, I would like to help you.