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Powder coating is a popular surface coating commonly used in industry as a coating for metals. Powder coating has provided metals with a coating that is cheap, easily and quickly applied, has a full range of colours, is free from brush strokes and drips, forms an extremely tough adhesive bond with the metal surface, has a curing time of a few minutes and is free from the vapour emission problems sometimes associated with traditional paints.
Powder coating is not yet commercially viable for wood and wood based products. Research into powder coating of wood composites appears to be limited. A cheap, easy and clean coating process could be beneficial for the application of MDF in furniture and industrial items. Furthermore it could increase the moisture resistance of MDF
The aim of this research was to examine the feasibility of powder coating MDF to obtain an aesthetically pleasing finish and secondly to examine whether powder coated MDF samples showed increased resistance to moisture.