Plastic vs Metal Paint Cans
Plastic vs Metal Paint Cans
Plastic and metal paint cans are great building blocks (Or rather, apparatuses. Although we’re sure that you can build something from it too as a fun DIY, alternative project of some sort. More on that later.) in the industrial packaging and small packaging worlds. Paint cans are packaging containers that are used to resist solvents for the storage of paints, varnishes, and lacquers, and to inhibit leakage with their secure, double seam construction. Many can also be recycled. However, how do plastic paint cans and metal paint cans differ?
When visiting the topic of plastic vs metal paint cans, for one, there is the material. But what more lies in this distinction? Tin-coated steel cans come with either an epoxy phenolic lining or unlined rust inhibitor primer. Plastic cans on the other hand have organisol linings.
So, This Calls for a Quick Look at Lined vs Unlined Paint Cans…
Organisol linings are polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compound that is commonly used as a coating in applications due to a lightweight yet highly durable makeup. Phenolic linings are the most common coating for steel containers due to the chemical protection they provide between the contained materials, such as food, and metal. The phenolic is mixed with epoxy to give it extra flexibility, which prevents the phenolic material from cracking if the metal paint can undergo any damage.
Unlined paint cans have a rust inhibitor that will prevent flash rust, but if you need a long-term rust-resistant metal paint can that is able to safely contain chemical materials, unlined paint cans will not suffice, and lined paint cans should be your next logical pick.
Now, with your knowledge about plastic vs metal paint cans, lined vs unlined pain cans, paint can labeling, and paint cans storage, get to obtaining the specific ones for you.
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BASCO is dedicated to providing our customers with the answers they need to get the job done right. With our decades of experience in the container business, it’s our mission to share our knowledge with people who need it. Hopefully, this article was useful, and if you have any questions that we haven’t answered, please feel free to reach out and contact our expert customer service team!