What advantages does powder coating have versus other more traditional methods such as painting or spray painting?

There are several advantages to powder coating. First and foremost of these advantages is that powder coating is much more durable than typical liquid solution paints. Powder coated surfaces are much more resistant to chipping, scratching, and other such wear due to the bond created with the object during curing. The coating is also much more resistant to natural fade and wear. The vibrant color of a powder coated part stays bright and fresh years after its wet painted counterpart fades away. Also, while liquid paints may vary noticeably in color from batch to batch, powder batches are virtually identical. So identical, in fact, that differences between same color batches are not detectable to the human eye. Powder coating is also a better option than liquid paint because powder does not run, drip, or sag, giving a uniform coating that has virtually no inconsistency within a parts surface or from one part to the next. Possibly the most important advantage to powder coating is the ...  more