Whilst Paint Peeling on Commercial and Residential Lighting Fixtures can occur more in areas with high air salinity (Florida and areas near Ocean)
It’s important to know that It is not main cause for Paint Peeling.
What if we told you that Paint Peeling is something that can be easily avoided, through the right choose of Powder Coating Material and correct treatment process during Production. If done Properly, The Light Fixture’s Paint should last 10 years or more without any discoloration or peeling.
But First, why do some LED Lighting Fixtures display paint peel more than the Other?
When Commercial/Residential Lighting Fixtures such as Floodlights, Area Lights, Wall packs are manufactured, especially The Aluminum base Fixtures, generally prior to applying the Powder Coating Process, a lot of Fixtures don’t go through the proper surface treatment of the aluminum or Metal Parts. As with a lot of these Aluminum Fixtures, during production there is generally a layer of dirt/oil/Aluminum scraps or other substances found on the surface of the parts, If you don’t remove these, when you apply Powder Coating onto the Fixture, the layer of substances between the Aluminum Metal Parts and the powder Coating, will prevent the Coating to become fully adhesive onto the these Parts.
Over Time, When Lighting Fixture is exposed to UV, combine with the coating not being fully adhesive onto the Lighting Fixture, it causes the Paint to become detached from the surface of the Fixture, causing the Paint to Peel.
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