There is a large market for industrial coatings. In 2014, consumers spent $6.8 billion on 352 million gallons. Architectural coatings make up the largest segment of the paint industry. This segment includes consumer paints and makes up about 50% of all of the coatings produced in the United States every year. More than 720 million gallons of these coatings were shipped in 2014. The total value of these abrasion resistant coatings was T$10.6 billion.

One of the main purposes of abrasion resistant coatings is to maintain the protection on metal. This can be on guns, in an industrial setting or other areas where performance is important. When you use your products. whether they are guns or other equipment, on a regular basic, protecting the metal from the normal wear and tear that they will experience is crucial to the performance of the product. It may be hard to prevent the small scratches, scuffs and other abrasions that start off as a small mark but, if left alone, can grow into big problems that are hard, if not impossible, to fix.

One approach is to be vigilant. It is important to start off with the application of abrasion resistant coatings. This can prevent those small problems from occurring at all. In this area, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Using these hard coatings can increase the performance level and increase the lifecycle of the product. Because these coatings can be so helpful in keeping your equipment working well for a longer period of time, picking the right one for your needs, is very important.

Your first decision needs to be which of the abrasion resistant coatings will be the best for your needs. You have a lot of options in this area. Each kind that is used by industrial coating services has its own uses. They are all developed to be used in different settings and situations.

When you are looking to protect guns, you need to think about how the gun itself operates. The kind of abrasion resistant coatings that work well for firearms need to be able to handle high impact situations where the heat level is high. Corrosion is often a problem for firearms that are used a lot so that needs to be factored into your decision making process. Whatever other variables that come into play, depending on the kind of gun and what you use it for, need to be taken into account. If you are concerned about any damage to the outside of the firearm or the inside can lead to a reduction in the firearm’s performance. You need to protect your weapon against all of this.

You have to consider your options for the finish that is used with the different abrasion resistant coatings. This can also influence how you apply the coatings. One common way people apply their coatings is the thermal spray coating process. Another way people apply abrasion resistant coatings is called the “dip and spin.” What you are coating and what kind of coating you are using will determine how you apply the coating. Before you apply anything, you should think through your plan. If you just rush into the application of a protective coating, you may find yourself in the unenviable position of having to redo the whole process.

In carpentry, they say, “measure twice and cut once.” In the world of coatings that would translate into doing as much research into the coating you want to use.

Make sure you know what the different abrasion resistant coatings are recommended for. If you have one coating you want to use, find out if it really is the best one for the task you want it to accomplish. You need to know what the coating was designed to protect and in what setting. It may have been developed to protect guns but does the manufacturer recommend it for personal hunting guns? Military style weapons? Something else entirely? Before you spray all your guns with one coating or another, make sure you have the right one for the job.

Finding the right abrasion resistant coatings for your items is not rocket science. It just takes some research and planning to get the right one.