Enamels

While paints might be classified as organic finishes where a pigment is dispersed in a drying oil vehicle, enamels represent those organic finishes where the pigment is dispersed in either a varnish or resin or a combination of in both. The enamels might dry by either or both oxidation and polymerization. Air drying and backing both type enamels are available. Usually Baked enamels provide a finish that is harder and more abrasion resistant than the typical air drying enamels.

Enamels, due to this availability in all of the colours, easy of application and ability to resist corrosive atmospheres and attack of mostly encountered chemical agents, are the most widely utilized organic coating in the metal processing industry.