Abstract: A method of providing a powder coating to MDF substrate panels wherein, by the differential treatment of the front and back surfaces of these panels, both surfaces can be coated at the same time and the effects of moisture and other volatile outgassing is controlled in such a way as to provide a blemish-free front facing surface with a minimal, but nonetheless acceptable, amount of blemishes on the opposite or back surface. Differential treatment is achieved by preparing each surface using different grades of sand-paper, applying different amounts of curing energy, whether infra-red or thermal, or by applying different thicknesses of coating to each surface.

Abstract: A method of providing a powder coating to MDF substrate panels wherein, by the differential treatment of the front and back surfaces of these panels, both surfaces can be coated at the same time and the effects of moisture and other volatile outgassing is controlled in such a way as to provide a blemish-free front facing surface with a minimal, but nonetheless acceptable, amount of blemishes on the opposite or back surface. Differential treatment is achieved by preparing each surface using different grades of sand-paper, applying different amounts of curing energy, whether infra-red or thermal, or by applying different thicknesses of coating to each surface.

Abstract: Low gloss appearance in a coating derived from UV curable powder coatings can be achieved by using UV curable powder containing crystalline components or blends of crystalline and amorphous components and after heat fusing the powders together, allowing the crystalline components in the coating time to flow out and recrystallize to form a matte low gloss finish at a temperature of about the melting point of the crystalline component before curing with UV radiation.

Abstract: Machine-profiled edges and corners and other surface discontinuities of heat sensitive workpieces such as wooden cabinet doors are uniformly covered by a coating powder applied electrostatically to the back side of the workpiece first, allowing the powder to wrap around the edges toward the front side, and then applying the coating powder electrostatically to the front side and fusing or fusing/curing the coating powder.

Abstract: Low gloss appearance in a coating derived from UV curable powder coatings can be achieved by using UV curable powder containing crystalline resins or blends of crystalline and amorphous resins and after heat fusing the powders together, allowing the crystalline resins in the coating to cool and recrystallize to a low gloss finish before curing with UV radiation.