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Factory Tour: Paint Booth and Rust Protection

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What happens here

The tour continues to the paint booth area, where the representative explains that all trailers undergo a wet paint process instead of powder coating. He argues that wet paint is superior because powder coating can chip, leading to rust. The steel is first shot-blasted to create a rough etching, then audited for quality, and finally receives the zinc primer coat before the wet paint. This meticulous process ensures the paint adheres properly and the trailer is rust-proof for life.

Goal: Understand the wet paint application and comprehensive rust protection process.

Tools and materials

  • Paint Booth — Applying paint to the trailer frames
  • Shot Blaster — Preparing steel surfaces for paint adhesion
  • Wet Paint PPG — Final coating for trailers
  • Zinc Primer — Base coat for rust protection

What they say

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here all of our trailers use wet paint we don't powder coat because wet paint is just better if powder coat was a good idea your truck would be powder coated we use a wet paint with the whole process to finish the steel first to make the rough etching on the steel first we shot blasted in this boo we prep the steel we audit the mill build we audit the profile of the steel then we apply the paint so it sticks this is the paint booth every trailer whether it's the commercial 53t or the 16t flat deck we do a steel shot blast and we do the paint process exactly the same way commercial grade all the way BL paint big rush out of paint our electrical is enclosed inside the main rail the wiring is bued you're not going to have to worry about loose wires coming undust somewhere under your trailer right down to the finish line for the 53t flat deck commercial series Grand again the same technology that goes into this that we saw at the very beginning is what goes into our equipment trailers and we transfer that right through everything we built and that's the tour that was it thanks so much for coming I hope that made sense it was a great time thank you there all

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