Combined Challenges in Appearance, Tactile Quality and Durability

Home and living applications include metal furniture, appliance housings, lighting products and outdoor leisure equipment. Frequent user contact requires stable colour, gloss and texture together with resistance to scratching, cleaners, humidity and everyday impact. Outdoor furniture and lighting also require weathering and corrosion resistance.

Select the System by Indoor or Outdoor Use and Surface Effect

    • Indoor furniture and appliances: pure epoxy or epoxy-polyester smooth, sand-textured or orange-peel finishes.
    • Outdoor furniture, lighting and leisure equipment: standard-durable polyester.
    • Long-term or high-UV exposure: higher-durability grades.
  • Veri Coating offers high-gloss, matt, low-gloss and textured systems.
  • Where TGIC is permitted, it is usually more cost-effective at the same outdoor performance level.

Key Appearance and Durability Indicators

  • Colour, gloss, flow and texture consistency.
  • Adhesion, scratch resistance and impact performance.
  • Resistance to cleaners, humidity and general corrosion.
  • Xenon-arc exposure and gloss retention for outdoor products.
  • For drinking, kitchen or children's products, heavy metals and relevant compliance indicators must be verified to project requirements.

Thin-Sheet Distortion and Appearance-Variation Risks

Appliances and furniture often use thin sheet metal, which may distort under excessive temperature or curing time. Unstable film thickness in textured powders can change texture, gloss and colour. Large flat panels also require careful control of flow, particles and surface contamination.

Future Trend: Low-Gloss Tactile Finishes and Lower Environmental Impact

Home and living coatings are moving toward low-gloss finishes, fine textures, fingerprint resistance and more consistent tactile effects. Lower-temperature curing, TGIC-free systems, restricted-substance control and product-use safety are becoming more important, with appearance and function increasingly developed together.

Business Case

Chemical-Resistant Powder Coating for Laboratory Furniture

Customer Profile

Sunon, a leading Chinese office furniture manufacturer, provides integrated solutions for laboratory furniture, office planning and other commercial spaces.

Applications

Steel laboratory furniture and workbenches finished with a high-gloss pure epoxy powder coating in RAL 7035, RAL 9010 and RAL 5017.

Project Summary

Supply has continued since 2023, with more than 120 tonnes delivered. Monthly batch inspections cover hardness, adhesion, corrosion resistance and chemical resistance. No complaints have been reported.

Blue-and-white high-gloss powder coating on laboratory fume hoods and steel cabinets.

Requirements

Long-term batch-to-batch consistency

Pencil hardness above 4H

Cross-cut adhesion: Class 0, with no coating loss

AASS: 150 hours, corrosion rating above 9

SEFA 8M testing with 49 chemicals: no more than four Grade 3 damage ratings

RAL 5017 combined with light colors on steel laboratory island benches.
White high-gloss coating on large laboratory workbenches and cabinets.

Validation

More than 120 tonnes delivered

Zero complaints to date

Stable hardness and adhesion

Consistent AASS performance

Monthly 49-chemical checks: no more than two Grade 3 damage ratings

Overall finish across laboratory benches, cabinets and equipment areas.
Product Used:EP0SPure EpoxyHigh-Gloss SmoothRAL 7035 / 9010 / 5017

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