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Powder coat steel using architectural powder coaters to paint in Kent

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Windridge Coatings is widely trusted by architects and fabricators for painting in Kent and south east, large prestigious projects, applying the Tri-Resin powder coating System on to mild steel with out the need to galvanise.
bullet pointLargest box oven in the country 11mx4mx3m. If we can't do it, it can't be done.
bullet pointTri-Resin Powder Coating Systems Applicators of the most robust, corrosion resistant powder system available.
bullet pointTrusted with projects of 500 balconies because of our enviable reputation as powder coaters for quality and reliability.
bullet pointEstablished 1986.

Windridge Coatings Ltd has enjoyed continual growth and years of loyalty from our customers because there is no compromise with the best quality paint, and good preparation. Having the Tri-Resin™ System applied by Windridge Coatings ensures your customers get the finish your fabrication deserves.

Approved applicator for Europe’s fourth largest powder manufacturer IGP Powder Coating, Tel: 01454 800020.






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Windridge Coatings, has a good reputation for applying high quality architectural protective coatings architectural metalwork. Established in 1986 and now recognised by Architects and major contractors in the south east, London and midlands.
bullet point Large oven, is a camel back oven rigged for automatic spraying capable of processing large volume contracts, mainly sheet metalwork, or general metalwork e.g table frames railing infill Orsogril or perforated sheet.
bullet point Long oven, is another camel back oven capable of coating long components (7m) in low quantities. This oven is suitable for small jobs of general steelwork.
bullet point Big oven, used for large steelwork and big, heavy items.
This large box oven is the biggest oven in the country for this type of work is ideal for a staircase that has an awkward shape, or 3 dimensional balconies. This oven is renowned for coating large gates, which can include very heavy security gates. We have special jigs painting long heavy beams or long heavy girders for structural steel, possibly RSJ, I beams, universal beams and joists.
Quality
High quality standards are necessary for painting heavy large items to avoid remedial work. Windridge Coatings can powdercoat structural steel for large and heavy constructions. Using the latest versatile pre-treatment, allows us to powder coat aluminium manufactured to large fabrications. We pre-treat and epoxy powder coat galvanized steel prior to top coating in Polyester. Any construction that can fit in our 11m x 4m x 3m oven can be pre-treated.
Quality checking is carried out at every stage; using British Standard approved instruments and test methods. Records with tractability are kept for twenty years.
This web site is separated into three main areas.
COMMERCIAL.
Large projects
Offering a service to the construction industry. Able to handle big, heavy and long objects and apply corrosion inhibiters with Polyester ultra violet stable powders makes us ideal for large building projects e.g. 50 tonnes and above, i.e. Canary Wharf, Blue Water, Town Wharf, etc.
Long lengths
Our large oven has been extended to better handle 9 metre, 10m, and now 11m lengths. Smaller 6m, 7m and 8m lengths for railings and handrails can be painted in one piece.
Structural steel
If you paint structural steel and don’t have the room or time, then powder coating structural steel is a solution.
General steelwork
If you paint your own general steelwork like fire escapes, stairways, railings, handrails, or even balconies and are unhappy with the mess, then allow us to finish your metalwork allowing you to get on with what you do best.
Approved applicators, Warranty Guarantees.
Advice is given on a powder coating guarantee and warranty.
Quality inspection.
Windridge Coatings carries out the following test:
Cross hatch test for adhesion, this indicates whether the powder coating is cooked or cured. DC Holiday Tester to check the for pin holes. Visual check the most important test and the easiest to carry out. Film thickness measurement using paint thickness test meters. Traceability, the job can be traced back to purchased materials.
Warm to touch handrails
We apply warm to touch polyester powder coating.
Blast cleaning.
The site shows the necessity for grit blasting (grit is some times referred to as shot, shotblasting or sand, sand blasting). At Windridge Coatings all structural steel is grit blasted to SA2 1/2, in one of our two grit blast bays. Blast cleaning garden furniture is the best way to remove old paint.
Paint strip powder coating service.
Incinerating or powder coat stripping.
Removing powder coating is achieved by two methods. We have an incinerator otherwise known as a controlled pyrolysis oven which is a monitored high temperature oven to turn the paint in to ash, which can then be blasted off. We also use solvent paint strippers to remove powder coatings.
bullet pointPowder coat aluminium, this includes aluminum sheet, aluminium panels, aluminium extrusions, or aluminium fabrications.
bullet pointPowder coat mild steel, this includes structural steel, steel panels, steel sheets, light and heavy fabrications.
bullet pointPowder coat galvanise, and zinc coated steel, this includes zintec sheets, zinc plated, hot metal zinc spray. To powder coat galvanize on galvanised steel requires knowledge of removing zinc salts and oxides to improve adhesion. There is reference to anti gassing on zinc galvanising, and hot dip galvanize or Powder coating galvanizing is sometimes referred to as Duplex Coating.
Tri-Resin™ System
Only Qualicoat approved products are used, including IGP , Akzo Nobel Interpon powder coatings interpon D36. The Tri-Resin System is a technically advanced alternative to Synthapulvin. It can be applied to all of the above metals. All products used are Qualicoat approved. We are not Syntha Pulvin applicators.


The suggestions and information provided on this site are given in good faith and are believed to be reliable.
No warranty is expressed or implied. The users should satisfy themselves about the products and methods suggested are suitable for their own purpose.

01-06-2009

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