Friday, May 23, 2014

Qualities To Look Out For In Industrial Paint Remover Products

By Marci Glover


Paints are used in wide range of applications in commercial and industrial set ups including coating metals and other surfaces to enhance their durability and prevent them from exposure to damaging elements. However, the painted surfaces may require repainting and other forms of surface treatment. This is where industrial paint remover products are needed.

It can be a difficult task to remove films of paints from substrates especially if you are working on extensive surfaces or curved materials. Companies do not want to spend much of their time in removing and stripping off the varnishes and paints on surfaces. This is why companies would prefer using products that are designed to clear off the paints from substrates within a short time and with less efforts.

The products used should be safe yet able to offer an effective stripping process. Some metal or other substrate paints strippers could be harmful to users as well as the environment. It is essential you choose those products, which are effective, safe, and able to strip the paints on a variety of surfaces. Different surfaces are painted including concretes, wood, bricks, metals, hard plastics, and other surfaces.

Each of these surfaces may require different types of paints removers. Wood for instance, is highly susceptible to moisture absorption and if you were stripping paints from such substrate, it would require substances that will not damage it. Many metal substrates are coated using the powder coats. These kinds of coating materials adhere firmly to the substrates and removing them is a tall order.

Different substrates behave differently when they come in contact with chemical substances and solutions. For instance, wood surfaces tend to absorb moisture and they will soak in substances that are fluid in nature. If those strippers contain color elements, your wood may change its color. Similarly, plastics can be damaged by some chemicals or strippers that are used under high temperatures.

Each of the different types of substrates including wood, bricks, concretes, metals, plastics, and stone would require different forms of strippers. For example, wood can be damaged when it is exposed to solutions, which contain colored substances. It is likely to absorb the colors and change its appearance.

Besides, scraping the surfaces can damage them hence the need to avoid any method that could cause abrasions and scratch marks when removing the paints. Sandblasting and burn off paints may not fit in some substrates such as plastic. The burn off paints stripping techniques require application of extreme heat meaning that the substrate could be melted away.

The kind of removers you choose should be safe to the environment by containing no carcinogens, air pollutants, or other harmful components. This ensures that your workers are safe when they strip substrates like metals, wood, or plastics. Removing paints on intricate, molded, or carved surfaces is not something easy. You need to use products and techniques that can cover all the surfaces and peel off all the paints leaving your substrates clean.




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