Installing an Interior Steel railing. Residential application. What do you think paint or powder coat?
Seems to me powder coat always needs touch up and paint never quite matches.
Paint on steel is cheap, easy, repairable. What/why does it have to match? Water based DTM paints are pretty good now.
Stainless is pricey, durable, and repairable (with various degrees of difficulty, #4 easy, #8 PITA).
Anodized is not durable, cheap or repairable. Fine for window frames and such but not so good for things that get handled by people wearing jewelry or holding things like keys. Powder coating is more durable but has the same issues.
May 17, 17 8:39 am ·
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Chuck71
2-pack epoxy...but plenty of other coatings around.
Interior Steel railing
Installing an Interior Steel railing. Residential application. What do you think paint or powder coat? Seems to me powder coat always needs touch up and paint never quite matches.
Stainless or Aluminum.
No need to fuss with finish.
Stainless in a No. 2B matte finish, No. 4 directional satin finish, No. 8 mirrorlike polished finish, etc.?
Aluminum in a mill finish, clear anodized (class I or II), or color anodized (class I or II)?
Paint on steel is cheap, easy, repairable. What/why does it have to match? Water based DTM paints are pretty good now.
Stainless is pricey, durable, and repairable (with various degrees of difficulty, #4 easy, #8 PITA).
Anodized is not durable, cheap or repairable. Fine for window frames and such but not so good for things that get handled by people wearing jewelry or holding things like keys. Powder coating is more durable but has the same issues.
2-pack epoxy...but plenty of other coatings around.
Depends on what your interior design is really.
Will stainless or any other unpainted metal finish be the right look; do you want it to tie in with a larger overall interiors scheme?
Do you want a paint finish instead, to go with a colour scheme?
Charles.
we do powder coat for residential interior steel
we believe it holds up better longer under what we consider light duty
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