POLYMERPowder coatingsHybrid for indoor metal where looks matter.
Epoxy-polyester hybrid powder for appliances, steel furniture, shelving and other indoor metal products where flow, gloss and a consistent appearance come first.
Properties
What hybrid is good at.
Typical properties from our product catalogue. Values for each grade are on its technical data sheet.
- 01Good flow and high gloss
- 02Good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance
- 03Better heat and light stability than pure epoxy
Where it is used
Typical parts.
Refrigerators, washing machines, microwaves, water heaters and rice cookers, steel furniture and shelving, indoor lighting, instrument housings, medical equipment, industrial equipment.
Options
Colour, gloss, effect and cure.
RAL or your sample · high gloss ≥ 90, satin and matt 11–80, dead matt ≤ 10 · ten surface effects · standard or low-cure.
Industries
Where we recommend hybrid.
Questions
Before you specify.
Which powder coating system should I use for outdoor parts and which for indoor parts?
Use polyester for outdoor and UV-exposed parts. Use epoxy-polyester hybrid for indoor decorative parts and epoxy for indoor functional parts that need chemical resistance or hardness.
POLYMER supplies three thermosetting systems, and the choice is driven mainly by where the coated part will be used. Polyester is the weather-resistant system in our catalogue and is the one we recommend for architectural aluminium, outdoor furniture and lighting, air-conditioner housings, outdoor cabinets and agricultural machinery.
The epoxy-polyester hybrid gives good flow and gloss and is intended for indoor items such as appliances, steel furniture, shelving and indoor enclosures. Epoxy offers good chemical resistance, hardness and adhesion, and suits indoor functional parts such as safes, security doors, instrument housings and fitness equipment.
Neither epoxy nor hybrid should be specified for outdoor use. If one product range contains both indoor and outdoor parts, select the system part by part rather than using one powder for everything. Final suitability is confirmed on your parts, with your pretreatment and cure conditions.
Basis: POLYMER product catalogue (system descriptions and application areas). · Products →
Can epoxy-polyester hybrid powder be used outdoors?
No. Our hybrid powders are intended for indoor use and we do not specify them for outdoor or UV-exposed parts; use polyester instead.
Epoxy-polyester hybrids combine good flow, high gloss and good mechanical properties, and their heat and light stability is better than that of pure epoxy. That makes them a strong choice for appliances, steel furniture and indoor cabinets, but it does not make them an outdoor product.
The epoxy part of the binder is sensitive to UV light. Outdoors, hybrid coatings can lose gloss, chalk and change colour much sooner than a polyester designed for weathering. For that reason POLYMER does not recommend hybrid for exterior parts, even when the part looks well protected or is only partly exposed.
If a part may see sunlight, for example an outdoor cabinet, an air-conditioner housing or garden furniture, please tell us so we can propose a polyester powder in the colour and finish you need.
Basis: POLYMER product catalogue; general knowledge of epoxy UV sensitivity. · Hybrid →
Start a project
Send us your most-used colour and your hardest one.
Tell us the part, environment, process and expected volume. We reply with a proposed system and a sample plan. Orders from 1,000 kg.