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Arlington runs on automotive assembly and the heavy fabrication that feeds it. That work is unforgiving in a specific way: chip resistance, corrosion life and a finish that still looks right after a thousand parts. Powder does that well, and we run it under AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 with the film build documented rather than assumed.
Request a Quote(972) 475-2726Chip- and corrosion-resistant powder over proper pretreatment, at production volume with a color standard held lot to lot. Brackets, frames, guards and underbody hardware.
Weld spatter, undercut and mill scale are where coatings fail on fabricated steel, not in the coating itself. We prep to SSPC standards and will tell you what the weld condition is going to cost before we quote around it.
Parts that live outdoors and get abused. Thick film, proper anchor profile, and an honest conversation about whether a barrier coating is even the right answer versus galvanizing.
The second order has to match the first. That means documented parameters — film build, cure schedule, line speed, pretreatment sequence — not an operator working from memory.
About 40 miles southwest — roughly 50 minutes across the metro.
Fifty minutes each way makes Arlington a freight or scheduled-run market rather than a drive-it-over one. For steady production that is easy to plan around. 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.
Yes, and volume is where powder earns its cost advantage. Tell us the annual quantity and the release pattern rather than just the first order, and the quote will reflect it.
For most production metal parts that fit an oven, yes — better impact and chip resistance per dollar, essentially no VOC, and a wider color range. It stops being the right answer when the part cannot see roughly 350 to 400°F, will not fit an oven, or needs field touch-up over its life. Those are liquid parts.
We coat galvanized, but it needs specific handling — ASTM D7803 preparation, a gentle sweep blast at a shallow angle with soft abrasive, and a bake above cure temperature. Get it wrong and you strip the zinc or trap outgassing. Call it out on the print so we build it into the quote.
With every order, stating the part number, quantity, specification and revision processed, and the lot reference. Anything beyond that — salt spray, cross-section thickness, adhesion — has to be requested at the time of order because it usually means running coupons with your load.
From the part configuration, surface area, specification and quantity. Every process carries a minimum lot charge and a minimum per line item, and we state both on the quotation rather than in the fine print.
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.
