QUALICOAT UK & IRELAND
QUALICOAT UK & IRELAND AWARDS SEASIDE LICENCE TO KESTREL POWDER COATING QUALICOAT UK & Ireland has officially awarded its prestigious Seaside licence to long-standing member, Kestrel Powder Coating. While standard QUALICOAT licensing provides quality assurance across the entire powder coating process, the Seaside specification is engineered for more challenging, exposed locations. The key technical requirement of the Seaside specification is that the system passes additional corrosion testing; in order to achieve this the applicator must
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increase their etch to achieve at least double the standard QUALICOAT requirement of 1g/sm of metal removal from the aluminium surface during pretreatment. The Seaside specification requirement removes more surface contaminants and therefore creates a more robust pretreatment for areas where atmospheres carry corrosive salts and other aggressive pollutants.
Chris Mansfield QUALICOAT UK & Ireland Chair