Silvery-white gloss surfaces without using chromium? Since the market launch of its latest chrome lacquer, WB coatings is able to answer this question confidently with an unequivocal "Yes". Visually and physically, a unique trio of primer, base coat and clearcoat generates results that easily meet or exceed the high demands of design, architecture and industry in full. With this new process, WB coatings allows a lacquer to be simply and quickly applied in a way that can easily compensate for the expiry of hexavalent chromium.
Silvery-white gloss surfaces without using chromium? Since the market launch of its latest chrome lacquer, WB coatings is able to answer this question confidently with an unequivocal "Yes". Visually and physically, a unique trio of primer, base coat and clearcoat generates results that easily meet or exceed the high demands of design, architecture and industry in full. With this new process, WB coatings allows a lacquer to be simply and quickly applied in a way that can easily compensate for the expiry of hexavalent chromium.
This is something many industrial sectors have been waiting for: the idea is a coating process that completely takes the place of conventional vapour deposition of plastic surfaces with aluminium or chromium. The strict restrictions on the use of hexavalent chrome compounds that came into force on 21 September 2017, and were defined by the European Chemicals Agency back in 2013 as carcinogenic and mutagenic, made it essential urgently to find realistic and satisfactory alternatives. WB coatings has now succeeded in developing a lacquer whose application creates a visual appearance very close to that of chrome plating.
The results of comprehensive tests – including mar resistance, saliva and sweat fastness, chemical and creme resistance – have been completed positively. After a series of initial presentations, representatives of various industries have confirmed that the new chrome lacquer meets expectations.
This is something many industrial sectors have been waiting for: the idea is a coating process that completely takes the place of conventional vapour deposition of plastic surfaces with aluminium or chromium. The strict restrictions on the use of hexavalent chrome compounds that came into force on 21 September 2017, and were defined by the European Chemicals Agency back in 2013 as carcinogenic and mutagenic, made it essential urgently to find realistic and satisfactory alternatives. WB coatings has now succeeded in developing a lacquer whose application creates a visual appearance very close to that of chrome plating.
The results of comprehensive tests – including mar resistance, saliva and sweat fastness, chemical and creme resistance – have been completed positively. After a series of initial presentations, representatives of various industries have confirmed that the new chrome lacquer meets expectations.
In addition, the simple application of primer (WB Chrome Star Primer), base coat (WB Chrome Star Base) and clearcoat (WB Chrome Star Topcoat) provides measurable economic advantages in comparison with conventional, complex, vapour deposition processes: these three two-component systems, developed specifically to complement each other, are applied using standard spray equipment. Adding a glaze tint enables the final surface to be given a coloured finish but with exceptionally brilliant effects. This enables black chrome finishes, on designer items for example, that are almost indistinguishable from black chrome itself.
In addition, the simple application of primer (WB Chrome Star Primer), base coat (WB Chrome Star Base) and clearcoat (WB Chrome Star Topcoat) provides measurable economic advantages in comparison with conventional, complex, vapour deposition processes: these three two-component systems, developed specifically to complement each other, are applied using standard spray equipment. Adding a glaze tint enables the final surface to be given a coloured finish but with exceptionally brilliant effects. This enables black chrome finishes, on designer items for example, that are almost indistinguishable from black chrome itself.
To enable product designers and architects, from such diverse fields as consumer electronics, medical equipment, trade fair and shopfitting designers, promotional media and, in the near future, automotive, to be able to consider the application of localised chrome effects without hesitation, WB coatings can supply these materials in quantities starting from one kilo.
To enable product designers and architects, from such diverse fields as consumer electronics, medical equipment, trade fair and shopfitting designers, promotional media and, in the near future, automotive, to be able to consider the application of localised chrome effects without hesitation, WB coatings can supply these materials in quantities starting from one kilo.