Why do some awning manufacturers' paint their awning frames & others use powder coating?

Many awning companies merely spray paint their metal awning frames. Others use a "Wet-Paint" process that is inexpensive and somewhat similar to spray painting. In wet-painting, the metal used in the awning or sun screen is sprayed with a liquid paint and left to dry. The amount of actual protective paint is considerably less than that of powder coating. Accent Awnings only uses the powder coating process on all of its retractable awnings, stationary awnings, sun screens and window awnings. The powder coating process is better suited than wet-painting for exterior products because the paint coating is much thicker and the coverage protection is more evenly spread over the metal surface. When powder coating, the metal surface is then electrically charged with positive ions while a fine powder mist is sprayed through an application gun that is negatively charged. The dry powder then bonds to the metal. The powder coated retractable awning, stationary awning, sun screen & window awning ...  more