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RUST NEVER SLEEPS!

Because Rust is constantly looking for steel to consume, anything made of steel carries the risk of corrosion.

When you buy quality Knapheide products, rust shouldn't be a worry. To provide the best protection against rust, we installed K-Coat, a state of the art, custom-designed electrocoating prime paint system.

K-Coat is equivalent to the e-coat systems used by the major auto and truck manufacturers. Because it bonds paint to steel by an electroplating process, any e-coat system gives you better corrosion protection than spraying. E-coat systems get prime paint everywhere in a product - including places that are impossible to reach using even the best spray techniques - and is absolutely consistent in thickness. Salt spray tests show that e-coating is far superior to spraying paint for inhibiting corrosion.

That 's Why Knapheide Developed K-Coat.

Knapheide's 12 Steps to K-Coat Protection

Cleaning
Step 1 - Alkaline cleaner spray
Step 2 - Alkaline cleaner immersion
Step 3 - Fresh water rinse spray
Step 4 - Rinse Conditioner immersion

Pretreatment
Step 5 - Zinc phosphate immersion
Step 6 - Fresh water immersion
Step 7 - Chrome-free sealer immersion
Step 8 - Deionized water immersion

Electrocoating and Rinse
Step 9 - Electrodeposition epoxy primer immersion
Step 10 - Deionized water immersion rinse
Step 11 - Deionized water spray rinse
Step 12 - Deionized water immersion rinse

Curing
Once the product has completed all 12 steps in K-Coat process, it is baked at 340° for 42 minutes in an overhead oven to cure the prime paint. The product then cools down for 32 minutes.