Capability 06
PVD & Powder Coating
Gold, rose gold, champagne, black and bronze PVD, plus powder coating — all applied after fabrication, so colour is continuous across faces, edges and welds.
Detail
How MCS uses it
Applied after fabrication
MCS does not use pre-coated ready-made sheet. Pre-coated stock leaves raw, uncoated metal at every cut and every joint; coating the finished piece keeps the colour continuous.
PVD finishes
Gold, rose gold, champagne gold, black and bronze, on stainless steel. PVD is a vacuum deposition process and suits stainless rather than aluminium or mild steel.
Powder coating
For mild steel, aluminium and galvanised work, in any RAL. The practical choice for louvers, sub-frames and external work where PVD is not appropriate.
Choosing between them
Different substrates, different appearance, different cost. PVD reads as metal because it is a metal layer; powder coating reads as a coating. Neither is simply better.
Samples
Colour should be signed off on physical metal in the intended finish. No photograph or printed swatch reproduces a metallic finish honestly.
Batch consistency
Where a project runs across several batches, the batching plan should be agreed up front — this is a question worth asking at order stage, not at snagging.
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