Liquid metal is an innovative type of coating that allows various surfaces to be metallized, but how does it differ from other types of coatings?

First of all, liquid metal is a coating that can be applied to almost any type of rigid surface and substrate, regardless of their nature: wood, metal, plastic or stone.

Liquid metal finishes are distinguished by their visual and tactile appearance of pure metal.

Now let’s look at some alternatives to our products:

• Hot spray metal plating for example allows the coating of surfaces with special and expensive electric arc equipment that melts filaments of pure metal, which limits the possibility of creating the right nuance of finish as well as allowing applications and processing limited to the laboratory and not the construction site
• Galvanic coating, carried out only in specific facilities occurs by immersing the artifact in an aqueous solution containing metal salts and additives in order to coat the artifacts with a very thin layer of noble metal, the process has limits in size, types of support, mainly metal, which do not allow the creation of large objects, and special textures and decorations
• Liquid coating, finds applications comparable to liquid metal, eliminating any limitation of size, weight or type of substrate, while maintaining the aesthetic and tactile impression of an unreal and artifactual finish.
• Powder coating, mainly used in the industrial field and in high-volume production involves the application in specialized companies with large plants, of powder pigments with a high plastic effect, this involves the annealing of supports at temperatures between 140°C and 180°C, imposing an important limitation for size and type of support to be used.

We can therefore identify cold-formed liquid metal finishes as the ideal solution to every type of application, from highly polished finishes to sculptural structured finishes, and from in-house fabrications to on-site applications.