Buffing

One of the many advantages powder coating has over wet paint is the variety of ways you can fine-tune and rework a powder coated finish. Some of the different touch-up techniques you can use to clean up your work and get the best overall quality for your powder coating projects.

Visual Appeal: This is the obvious reason for fixing a powder coated finish. To most customers, if it doesn’t look right, it isn’t acceptable.

Performance: Some powder coatings are purely functional, so they don’t need to be aesthetically perfect. Usually there are one or more standards (such as corrosion resistance) that have to be met. A defect can compromise the finish integrity and cause a part to fail to meet a specific customer’s standards.

Warranty: If the powder coated part has any sort of warranty, then special care should be made to make sure the part passes end-of-the line QC testing. A part may look great and have no apparent defects, but if it does not pass the customer’s minimum testing standards, a repair or rework is needed.