Our Powder Coating Process

ArmorTex Powder & our Rock Guard Textured Powder Coating Process

Superior Protection & Unmatched Durability

Powder coating is the modern method of sealing steel against corrosion. It’s been around for years and few boat trailers are “spray” painted anymore. Powder coating equipment is expensive, often running to $250,000+ for a fully functioning system. Powder coating is a ultra strong and reliable finish, but like anything the end result is only as good as the prep put in beforehand. Most trailer companies prep their trailers using a acid bath, this makes for a good clean prepped surface for the first few trailers but if your trailer is not one of the first ones in the acid, all of the grease, oil, and other impurities from the previous frames will end up on yours, leaving behind a steel surface that will corrode from the inside out. Our process is designed to give every trailer the best finish all the time, every time.

Our Rock Guard Textured Powder Coating Process

We start with bead blasting the trailer frames and trailer components. This is far superior to a simple acid bath that many other manufacturers use. The bead blasting removes all of the impurities and oils on the steel. It also leaves small dimples in the steel, increasing the strength of the steel tubing and adding to the anti-slip texture. This gives us a superiorly cleaned surface to apply our thick Rock Guard Powder too.

We then roll our frames and components into our spray booth. Here we negatively charge the steel. Then we apply the powder with our top of the line spray gun, which electrically charges the powder as it sprays out. This ensures a consistent, even coating that is at least 9 Mil's thick in the nook and crannies of the steel, and 11 Mil thick on the trailer frame.

The Trailer frames and components are then moved over to our large state of the art oven and baked at 400° Fahrenheit for 17 minutes. Giving our trailers a high quality, ultra durable finish that is unmatched in the boat trailer industry. Our Rock Guard Textured Powder Coating process leaves a minimum of thickness of the ArmorTex Powder that is at least 11 Mil thick.  This provides unmatched protection to provide you with peace of mind years to come.

Below are examples of a bad Acid Bath prep before powder coating, and what can go wrong.  This is why we don't acid wash our frames, and instead choose the bead blast process.

This trailer is rusting from underneath the powder coated finish, oils and impurities from the acid bath will start to corrode and rust, pushing through the finish. By bead blasting our frames, we insure a quality prepped surface for every one of our trailers. While our thick textured powder coating protects your trailer from rock chips, and other surface damage. Keeping your steel trailer frame protected for years to come. The Textured nature of our Rock Guard Textured Powder Coating paired with the ArmorTex powder provides a non-slip finish adding to your safety when climbing on the trailer, especially at the launch ramp.