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Carrollton carries a dense base of precision machining and industrial products manufacturing, and precision work is where coating gets interesting: the film has to protect the part without putting a critical dimension out of tolerance. We run powder, liquid and thin-film Cerakote, which means the answer is not always the same one.
Request a Quote(972) 475-2726Powder adds 2 to 3 mils per surface. Cerakote runs roughly 0.75 to 1 mil, and dry film lubricant thinner still. On a close-fit feature that difference is the whole decision, and it is why we run all three rather than arguing that one is best.
Repeat production held to a documented parameter sheet, with a color standard maintained lot to lot and a certificate of conformance on every shipment.
Anything containing seals, bearings, wiring, adhesives or polymers cannot see a standard powder cure. Liquid cures at ambient, and Cerakote’s air-cure grades put no heat into the part at all.
Three honest options: coat it, mask it, or coat and chase it. Chasing is often cheaper and more repeatable than masking, but it means running a tap through your part, so it has to be authorized on the print.
About 28 miles northwest — roughly 40 minutes depending on the route.
Forty minutes across the metro makes Carrollton a freight or scheduled-run market for production, though the drive is worth making once for a first article or a color approval. Standard turnaround is three weeks from receipt of complete material and a complete purchase order.
The aerospace quality standard, third-party registered and audited on a surveillance cycle — not a claim, a certificate you can download.
Controlled technical data handled under access control, so a defense prime can release work without a flow-down exception.
Three processes under one roof, so the recommendation is driven by your part rather than by the only line we own.
Gleco Paint & Powder is the coatings division of Gleco Plating — one purchase order, one traceability chain, one certificate of conformance.
Powder is typically 2 to 3 mils per surface, so a hole or slot loses roughly twice that on the dimension. An aerospace liquid primer-plus-topcoat stack runs about 2.3 to 3.2 mils total, Cerakote roughly 0.75 to 1 mil, and dry film lubricant 0.3 to 0.5 mil. Dimension for it, mask the feature, or authorize a post-coat chase.
Usually the thinnest one that meets the service requirement. Our Finish Selector will get you to a starting point in five questions and give you the specification language for the print — then send the drawing and we will tell you whether we agree.
It depends what is in it. Seals, bearings, wiring, adhesives and polymers cannot see a 350 to 400°F powder cure. Those are liquid or air-cure parts. Tell us the temperature limit and we will pick a system that lives under it.
Yes, three ways — coat them, mask them, or coat and chase them. Coating and chasing is often cheaper and more repeatable than masking, but authorize it on the print because it means running a tap through your part. Call out the thread size and class either way.
Specification and revision, substrate with alloy and temper, masking called out by feature with the boundary dimensioned, the color standard if appearance is controlled, any bake requirement with its governing spec, and any testing beyond our standard certificate of conformance.
Five questions about substrate, heat limit, service environment and priority, and you get a recommended finish plus the specification language for your drawing.
Eighteen things worth knowing before your part reaches a coating line — film build and dimensions, cure temperature and temper, masking, prep.
Wet paint, powder and Cerakote side by side, including an honest note on when each one is the wrong answer.
Send the drawing, the specification and the service environment. We will tell you what we would run and why — including when the answer is something we do not do.
