Finding materials that last, whether they are moving parts in a firearm or a paint on a road surface, is the science of an industry that relies on careful testing and extensive research. In fact, in many industries, the pursuit of materials that can withstand the test of time is the next step in their product development. The fact that many products throughout a number of industries have reached the same level of performance and achievement, the next logical step is to produce products that have the strength to last for longer periods of time.
The industrial coatings of hard chrome replacements, as well as the reliability of various kinds of paints, serve many industries, all of which are looking for products that have longer use times. Hard chrome replacements, for example, are used in industries as diverse as firearm manufacturing and the oil and gas corporations. Looking for products that have longer life spans allow for greater value and better investment opportunities.
Water-resistant coatings, like those being used in paints for parking lot, highway, and airport runway markings, provide extended lives for these necessary products. Consider some of these statistics about the growing thermal spray coating services and the other industries work to extend the life of essential products used throughout the country:

• Traffic marking paint, used on airport surfaces, roadways, and parking lots, had a $454 million value in the year 2014.
• 352 million gallons, valued at $6.8 billion, of industrial coatings were sold to customer industries in the year 2014.
• $2.3 billion in paint and coatings products were exported in the year 2014. This is a number that is higher than any other in the last decade.
• High temperature coatings are basically divided into two main categories: one is a diffusion, or conversion, coating where the deposited mass is either diffused or reacted, sometimes both, with the substrate to form a fairly continuous composition gradation; the second type is an overlay coating where material is deposited at the surface of the substrate.
• Metal coatings are also divided into two kinds of categories: one is a hot-dipped aluminum silicon that has an impressive heat resistance up to 1250 degree Fahrenheit; the second is a hot dipped pure aluminum metal coating which has a heat reflectivity tolerance of 900 degree Fahrenheit.