Exploring the Benefits of Multi-Surface Coatings: All Things Covered
In the manufacturing and industrial coatings application sector, durability, efficiency, and performance are crucial – that’s before even thinking about the costs. Every surface, from pipelines to machinery, requires protection against corrosion, abrasion, and the harsh realities of daily wear and tear.
But why and when would you use multi-surface coatings over regular systems?
We’re here to bring you a few important details for consideration
1. Universal Protection:
Industrial environments are diverse landscapes, encompassing a multitude of surfaces and materials.
Each substrate presents unique challenges in terms of protection and maintenance. Multi-surface coatings provide universal protection, adhering to various materials and offering consistent coverage across the board.
This versatility eliminates the need for multiple coatings, streamlining maintenance processes. A real world example could be a piece of construction equipment – rather than applying different coatings to excavators etc, Guard MSP-2K can be used on any plastic, metal and glass that may need recoating on the same piece of equipment.
2. Enhanced Durability:
In the face of harsh environmental conditions and operational demands, durability is non-negotiable. Many multi-surface industrial coatings, particularly the two-pack versions excel in this regard, providing excellent resistance against corrosion, abrasion, chemicals and UV exposure.
Whether applied to steel structures in marine environments or even more difficult surfaces such as wood and plastic, these coatings provide long lasting protection, ensuring prolonged asset lifespan and minimal downtime due to maintenance.
With the challenges that products such as Guard MSP-2K, Rust-Oleum Combi-Color Multi Surface and Zinsser Allcoat are designed to solve being so vast – the chemistry behind these products means that they may turn out more hard wearing than your ‘average’ coating.
3. Cost-Effectiveness:
With industrial coatings, we must often think about the costs associated with a job. Multi-surface industrial coatings offer cost-effectiveness by reducing surface preparation to extend the lifespan of assets and reducing the frequency of maintenance. Basically the cost of surface preparation can by both time consuming and labour intensive. Also mentioned previously, the need for multiple coating systems to combat different substrates is often eliminated, which in turn can potentially save you time and money.
By mitigating corrosion, preventing surface degradation, and enhancing operational efficiency, these coatings deliver long-term savings in repair and replacement costs, as well as productivity gains through minimal downtime due to maintenance leading to less interrupted operations.
4. Streamlined Maintenance:
Following on from the previous benefit, streamlining your maintenance processes will aid with your cashflow too.
Efficient maintenance practices are essential for maximizing operational uptime and minimizing disruptions.
Products such as Guard MSP-2K can simplify processes by being applied to substrates where surface preparation may be difficult – adhering to almost anything, if a machine you may be maintaining consists of many substrates (as a working example), maintaining it with just one product remains a wise choice in an effort to reduce cost, minimise labour and keeping down-time…down!
Depending on the level of protection required, all of Guard MSP-2K, Zinsser Allcoat, Barpimo Multilak, Rust-Oleum Combi-Color Multi Surface are one-coats meaning the need for both a primer and a topcoat is eliminated, with these being classed as both. Meaning either a single coat is sufficient, or overcoating with the product itself for simplicity is completely fine.
5. Environmental Responsibility:
In today’s era of environmental consciousness, sustainable solutions are imperative for industries seeking to minimize their ecological footprint.
Many multi-surface industrial coatings are formulated with eco-friendly principles in mind, utilizing low-VOC (volatile organic compound) and solvent-free formulations.
By prioritizing environmental responsibility, industries can align their operations with sustainability goals. For a more ‘green’ multi-surface solution, look no further than Zinsser Allcoat WB – which as the name suggests, can coat almost ‘all’ and is a water based product. Barpimo Multilak is another suitable product, being a water-based acrylic that is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
6. When You’re Just Not Sure!
Finally, if you’re unsure of which coating to use on a certain substrate and may have one of our multi-surface products at hand, there’s a good chance that it’s going to do the job (though we still advise you contact one of our experts first as we’re always on hand to help!)
Many of our multi-surface coatings also can be tinted to any colour you choose also, giving them another degree of versatility and really making them your ‘go to coatings’ type products.
Ask us about our key multi-surface products, we’ll be happy to assist in choosing the correct multi-surface coating product for you.
Guard MSP-2K,
Zinsser Allcoat,
Barpimo Multilak,
Rust-Oleum Combi-Color Multi Surface
