Color Metal Buckets

The 2, 5, 10 and 16 quart buckets have a steel metal body powder coated in 14 bright colors. Made in Ohio, USA.

Done properly, the clever process creates durable, long lasting, scratch resistant and attractive finishes on metal. You need to know two things:

1. It is an electrostatically charged powder polymer applied by a special powder coating device (generally, a spray gun).
2. Powder must be cured or baked for about 10 minutes at 400 Fahrenheit to thermally bond powder the substrate steel.

Here’s a few more details about powder coating:

Oils, metal oxides from welding scales are removed. This cleans the steel bucket and will maximize bonding of the power to the steel, without a primer. There’s no better method to achieve such excellent coverage on the ins and outs of the corners than free flowing dry powder bonding electrostatically to charged steel.

• The magnetic process releases virtually zero volatile organic compounds and is thicker than liquid coatings.
• The electro-adhesion process is energy efficient material handling and manufacturing.
• Excess powder called overspray is easily recycled allowing for 100% use of coating material.
• Application produces typically very even paint.
• Chipping is prevented, thermal bonding is superior adhesion.

Enamel and powder coating are both methods of painting metal, they additionally provide corrosion protection.

Enamel color paint is applied as a liquid; it is an older form of painting technology. It’s more energy intensive and it’s liquid chemical composition releases volatile organic compounds. It is a relatively sturdy coat of color that’ll last.

Both choices are great techniques for decorating your bucket. The enameled finish is a high quality covering. However, the powder coating is thicker and will stand a greater amount of abuse than the enameled surface. Another consideration is price: Powder coated items are usually much higher in price than their enameled counterparts.

If the container that you are buying is going to used as a candy container, then an enamel finish should be a durable enough coating. If the container will be used for work and is expected to look good, the powder coating is the correct choice.