Wrinkle Coating

The Wrinkle Coating

The only coating approved by the world’s leading car and motorcycle manufacturers.

Colours

Can be custom made in a wide range of colours, with reference to charts or to match a sample.

The most widely used versions are without a doubt the colours favoured by Italy’s most famous car manufacturer.

Uses

This is the only wrinkle effect approved by the world’s best known car manufacturers for embellishing their leading models.

It has been used to enhance engine and transmission parts and other car and motorcycle frame, chassis and bodywork parts since the early eighties.

It has become popular in the marine sector for coating exhaust manifolds, interiors and other fabrications.

It is used widely in the design field in the world of eyewear, watchmaking, jewellery and commercial interiors.

Performance

This product is one of a kind in terms of both its aesthetic effect and its performance:

• adhesion to metal and many plastics
• excellent protection against corrosion
• excellent chemical resistance
• hardness and elasticity
• lends itself to coating prior to subsequent machining

Treatment of surfaces to be coated

All metal to be treated must be thoroughly clean, making sure there are no traces of oil, dust or dirt.

Cleaning can be done using suitable degreasing detergents or solvents.

The product adheres directly to most common metals. If you need to coat stainless steel, pressed aluminium or other metal substrates with a particularly smooth, reflective surface, abrasive blasting or sanding are recommended to promote optimum adhesion.

Adhesion to plastics such as ABS, PS, PC and PVC has been proven by lab tests and in industrial applications. For other more difficult polymers, you may need to apply an adhesion–promoting primer, such as K54 Duracril.

Application

Apply by spraying only, with nozzles measuring between 1.5 and 2.0 mm and with air pressure set to 3–4 bar, using normal airmix or airless equipment.

It must be applied in a thick film, in the range from 200 to 300 microns.

The final wrinkle effect actually depends on the thickness of the film applied. With a thin film, the wrinkle effect will be subtle; a more pronounced wrinkle effect is achieved with a thick film.

Up to 6–7 coats can be applied to reach the average coating thickness of 250 microns. We actually recommend applying a number of thin coats, leaving 2–3 minutes between each, to avoid sag and to achieve a nice and even thickness all over the item being coated.

The product must be oven baked, at a temperature of 60–80°C for at least 60 minutes. Alternatively, you can use heat lamps or electric hot air blowers