Until now, the adhesion of coloured paints on chrome and other electroplated surfaces has often been poor or even unacceptable. Where a particular product made high demands on resilience and load-bearing capacity, manufacturers have had to limit themselves to those few colours that could be applied directly during electroplating. With immediate effect, WB Lasutec allows unlimited colour designs to be applied to chrome, copper, aluminium, zinc and brass. This new two-pack system using a colour glaze and colourless protective lacquer can now easily replace other highly elaborate and costly processes. Even black chrome appearance can easily be created with this system. The formula available from WB coatings enables a brilliance typical for the material and exact reproducibility of the desired tints – high gloss or matt. In addition, durable paint adhesion is guaranteed on all standard non-ferrous metals and alloys.
Until now, the adhesion of coloured paints on chrome and other electroplated surfaces has often been poor or even unacceptable. Where a particular product made high demands on resilience and load-bearing capacity, manufacturers have had to limit themselves to those few colours that could be applied directly during electroplating. With immediate effect, WB Lasutec allows unlimited colour designs to be applied to chrome, copper, aluminium, zinc and brass. This new two-pack system using a colour glaze and colourless protective lacquer can now easily replace other highly elaborate and costly processes. Even black chrome appearance can easily be created with this system. The formula available from WB coatings enables a brilliance typical for the material and exact reproducibility of the desired tints – high gloss or matt. In addition, durable paint adhesion is guaranteed on all standard non-ferrous metals and alloys.
Whether it is household appliances, sanitary installations, consumer electronics, telecommunications or automotive – the fields of application for chrome plated and non-ferrous metal surfaces are manifold. Both visually and functionally, these are unbeatable solutions when it comes to fulfilling demanding customers' requirements for design, resilience, ease of care and tactile characteristics.
WB coatings is now in a position to enhance the already excellent material characteristics with a powerfully adhesive paint system that considerably expands product design freedoms: Lasutec is the name of this solvent-based combination of primer in any required colour and a colourless topcoat. "The surfaces treated in this way cannot be distinguished from dyed metals", explains Dirk Mollenhauer, Managing Director of WB coatings, and continues: "Using Lasutec, it is even possible to apply a black chrome appearance to mid-priced items, which has not been possible before because the process was prohibitively expensive. A further benefit is that the process with our system is virtually independent of the quantity of items to be treated."
Whether it is household appliances, sanitary installations, consumer electronics, telecommunications or automotive – the fields of application for chrome plated and non-ferrous metal surfaces are manifold. Both visually and functionally, these are unbeatable solutions when it comes to fulfilling demanding customers' requirements for design, resilience, ease of care and tactile characteristics.
WB coatings is now in a position to enhance the already excellent material characteristics with a powerfully adhesive paint system that considerably expands product design freedoms: Lasutec is the name of this solvent-based combination of primer in any required colour and a colourless topcoat. "The surfaces treated in this way cannot be distinguished from dyed metals", explains Dirk Mollenhauer, Managing Director of WB coatings, and continues: "Using Lasutec, it is even possible to apply a black chrome appearance to mid-priced items, which has not been possible before because the process was prohibitively expensive. A further benefit is that the process with our system is virtually independent of the quantity of items to be treated."
Both the application procedure and drying process are far from complicated. Surface finishing can take place without pretreatment of the substrate as part of the manufacturing process – for instance directly after the electroplating stage. The results are outstanding due to the high level of resilience to mechanical, chemical and weathering influences.
Both the application procedure and drying process are far from complicated. Surface finishing can take place without pretreatment of the substrate as part of the manufacturing process – for instance directly after the electroplating stage. The results are outstanding due to the high level of resilience to mechanical, chemical and weathering influences.