What Is Coating?

Have you ever heard of the word coating before? And do you know how it could help and benefits you and your business in the long term? The definition of the coating is the thin layers that cover a substance or substrate. It is being applied to improve the properties of the substrate and create a protective barrier against the external environment to prevent a chemical reaction from happening which may lead to rust and corrosion. Without a protective coating, substance especially metal-based structures will undergo the chemical reaction with the humid environment in Malaysia and causes structures failures due to rust and metal corrosion.

Therefore, the functions of the coatings are :

• Act as an adhesive to cling external paint with the surfaces of substrate
• Change or alter the properties of the surface such as adhesion, corrosion prevention, wettability, corrosion resistance, wear resistance and waterproofing.
• Protect the surface of the substrate to avoid the chemical reaction from happening between the surface and the environment.
• Act as a thermal insulator to prevent the conduction of electricity as well as reduce the conductivity of heat.

The surface coating has to be applied at a controlled thickness to ensure uniformity under a series of different processes starting from surface preparation to finishing coating. Each of the stages has different coating technology which could be applied for example vapor deposition, chemical, and electrochemical techniques, spraying and others. The coatings have to be carried out in a very precise method to ensure the quality of the coating is not compromised. If your business premises contains a large amount of metal structures for example metal roofs, metal tanks or any other related metal facilities, it is advisable to paint all of your assets under a protective coating layer to prevent the humid condition of the environment from causing corrosion which might lead to structures failures. This is very important as it might, in turn, leads to production breakdowns and costs you hundreds of thousands of revenue lost in the process.

Various types of coating technique are available in the industry today like polyurea coating, UV coating, paint coating, pipe coating, powder coating, ceramic coating, acrylic coating, superhydrophobic coating, hydrophobic coating, anti-scratch coating and polymer coating. Each of these coatings is composed of different coating materials and hence different characteristics. Metal Roof Doctor, the leading industrial paint contractor, has all the required expertise and professional skill sets to help you in coating your industrial facilities. We provide quality coating services in all over Malaysia and worry-free work so that you can carry out your business smoothly without a hitch.