– A predominant process for the manufacture of coating powders involving the continuous compounding of the pigments, fillers, catalysts and resins at elevated temperatures.

 – A discharge of built-up electrical charge, often in the form of a spark, to a point of lower charge, usually ground.

 – A coating powder’s ability to flow over, build, and adhere to sharp corners, angles and edges.

 – Cleaning one color or powder formulation from all areas that come in contact with the powder before introducing another color or powder.

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 Involves either removal of the painted surface, covering the painted surface with an impermeable surface, or covering surface with heavy-duty coating (encapsulant).

 – Coarse material used in abrasive blast cleaning, such as sand, grit, steel shot, or glass or plastic beads.

 A synthetic resin used in high-performance water-based coatings. A coating in which the binder contains acrylic resins.

 – Chemicals added to a powder coating to improve some property of a resin system such as flow control, gloss control, and texturing additives.