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Sandblasting Your surfaces: A Glimpse into Cleaning and Preparing Your Metals

Sandblasting (also known as abrasive blasting) is a way to clean and restore metal surfaces.Very small bits of blasting media are propelled at high velocity onto metallic surfaces, stripping them of surface contaminants such as rust, grime, or existing coatings.Blasting media types include steel beads, garnet, walnut shell and more. HIPC offers garnet blasting, a non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to clean and strip tough surfaces of contaminants. This industrial gemstone is a stron...

How HIPC Can Help with Your Next Project

We're Hamilton Industrial Powder Coating and you'll find us at 12 Belfast Place, Frankton, Hamilton.We've written this article for Waikato businesses and individuals who are looking to protect and enhance their surfaces. Read on below to see how we're able to help....

5 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Powder Coating Metal Objects

A quality powder coater understands the importance of proper powder coating techniques. Our latest article outlines the 5 most common mistakes people make when powder coating metal objects, plus some tips for avoiding them....

6 Reasons to Powder Coat Your Metals - Powder Coating Benefits

Not only are you adding colour to your metal, but you are increasing its durability, receiving a quality, consistent finish and adding a significant degree of corrosion resistance against the elements (we have written about this here if you're interested). The environmental footprint is also much smaller than conventional painting.Here's 6 quick benefits enjoyed when you powder coat your items and machinery....

Powder Coating and Corrosion Resistance: Is powder coating resilient to New Zealand's wet weather?

With all the recent humid and rainy weather, not to mention catastrophic flooding in Auckland, we thought now would be a good time to examine how powder coated metals fare against New Zealand's challenging, wet weather conditions....