Powder coat instead of paint

Sep 10, 2013

Updated Sep 15, 2013

Q: I like the black stacks – what kind of powder are they using on them? – Chris Blackmund

A:I can’t answer what type of powder to use, but no doubt powder coating will be more durable than a high-temp paint. PPG offers many different types of powder-coating products. Here at First Class Services Inc., we live and breathe PPG, and that would be my recommendation. – Randy Stroup, First Class Services

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