Welcome To Grimm Brothers Powder Coating
Powder Coating for ALL you Customization Needs
Located in Victoria Texas and servicing South and Central Texas, Grimm Brothers Powder Coating is your source for quality custom powder coating. Josh Delarosa (aka. Dr. Grimm), a paint and color enthusiast with years of custom paint and design experience is the master mind behind Grimm Bro's and has decided to take his passion for artistic expression to customizing your prized pieces of gear to make others glitter green with envy. If your looking for that special custom look that you haven't seen before, look no further, you'll find it here. Take a look at our Gallery to get an idea of what we mean.
What Is Powder Coating??
Powder coating is the process of coating a surface in which a powder material is applied using an electrostatic or compressed air method. The applied powder is then heated (cured) to its melting point, after which it flows to form a smooth film which dries to a firm, durable finish very resistant to scratches cracking, peeling, UV rays and rust.
Powder coating gives you the ability to choose between and endless selection of colors and effects, leaving you limited by only your imagination or the artists ability (not an issue at Grimm Bros.)
The entire powder coating process involves several steps.
- a blasting, stripping and/or solvent cleaning step to insure the substrate is free of any oils, dirt, rust, mill scale, etc
- a pretreatment step (an important step not done by all coaters) during which the product is treated with a pretreatment chemical or conversion coating, usually phosphate or zinc based, to further protect it and improve the surface for powder adherence
- rinse, rinse, rinse..dry completely then
- powder coat, usually done with an electrostatic gun, but sometimes in a fluidized bed
- finally, FULLY cure the powder in the oven, generally at 375-400 deg. F, 15-20 minutes (varies) , making sure the oven is preheated to temp