Chapter 408: Advantages and Disadvantages
"What do you think are the advantages of their paint over yours?"
"The coatings of these five paint companies should be almost the same as ours in terms of surface effect and quality.
But I played with one more heart eye than they did. ”
Zhang Xiaofan was blunt.
After all, the model given by BMW's designers is matte paint, and there are no other designs.
But Zhang Xiaofan not only added pearlescent pigments, but also covered the entire coat with a layer of matte varnish.
This makes the overall effect completely different from ordinary matte paints.
"Actually, I should thank you!"
Although the tone conveyed by the translator is different from that of this designer, Zhang Xiaofan still feels his sincerity.
It's just very strange, what is there to thank for, my product you use, I should thank you.
Of course, it hasn't been used yet, and I don't know if it will be used in the future.
"My original design concept was actually completely dull, that is, when the beam of light hits behind the mountain, it basically doesn't reflect a little bit of shine.
Paints like this are usually applied to military vehicles.
Because of the requirements of concealment, military vehicles will choose this kind of paint with very low gloss or even no matte.
Because this paint does not reflect the gloss, the gloss does not reflect when the sun hits it. ”
It's actually hard for us to notice.
All military cars, even tanks, have a matte coating on them.
Zhang Xiaofan didn't notice this, it should be said that his mind was not on it.
In fact, if you don't say it, basically few people know that the paint of military vehicles is actually matte.
Some are flat matte, while others are sand matte.
No matter what kind of matte paint it is, in order to make military equipment have better concealment.
In fact, all military firearms are matte paint.
But now Zhang Xiaofan is still very confused, no matter what, he can't talk about it, he wants to thank Zhang Xiaofan.
"Matte car topcoats actually have a very big safety hazard. ”
This time, Zhang Xiaofan was even more puzzled, is there a potential safety hazard when using a matte topcoat?
Matte topcoat, compared with glossy topcoat, according to Zhang Xiaofan's idea, should be more outstanding safety performance.
After all, if the sun is too strong and the angle is just right, the strong reflection of the sun will be very dazzling.
That's a safety hazard.
There is no such safety hazard as a matte topcoat, which is where Zhang Xiaofan is puzzled.
Then the designer shook his head slightly.
Maybe he also guessed what Zhang Xiaofan was thinking now.
"I designed the quality concept car, the wheels and the car finish were all matte paint, but you know, there are modified cars.
If they put a matte film on the rear taillights, you can think about it, this is not a big safety hazard. ”
Zhang Xiaofan patted his head, how could he suddenly become stupid?
At that time, when I was researching matte car topcoats, I had already thought of this, and I thought that there were modified cars.
It is precisely because of the existence of modified cars that the market for matte paint is actually slowly expanding.
Of course, this expansion is only in a certain circle.
Once out of the circle of modified cars, matte paint is rarely adopted by regular car manufacturers.
This is probably the starting point for the designer in front of him to be different.
Because matte car topcoats are rare, their ability to attract the eye is very strong.
As the saying goes, there is a high rate of return heads.
But the modified cars on the market at present, they like to change all the parts, parts and components to matte.
Even the rear taillights of the car will be pasted with a matte film, so that the overall model will look uniform in color.
But safety hazards have already been planted.
Especially at night when the lights are dim, this hidden danger is even stronger.
We all know that a car with a black color will have a higher chance of getting into a car accident.
Then the matte car topcoat with worse reflectivity than the black will have a higher safety hazard.
When we drive at night, when the car lights shine on the car in front, we can see the two tail lights of the gas car, and there will be lights reflecting from the surface of the car.
But sometimes, if you are driving while tired, the probability of a car accident will increase if there is no reflected light stimulation.
In fact, the latest irritation to our eyes when we drive at night is not the rear taillights, but the reflected light on the back of the car.
"So I made a mistake, haha!"
"I decided to go with your paint. ”
This is a pleasant surprise, hearing this, Zhang Xiaofan knew that his affairs were already in order.
However, Zhang Xiaofan still has to remind him that there is still a difference between your paint and traditional oil-based paint.
"Tony, our paint is a powder coating, so the coating line is completely different from the oil-based paint coating line.
I don't know if your company has a powder coating line, if so, it is very easy to solve.
If not,......"
"We have a powder coating line ......"
Before Zhang Xiaofan finished speaking, Tony directly interrupted Zhang Xiaofan's words and said that they had a powder coating line.
"Boom!"
That's a bit out of the ordinary.
Zhang Xiaofan rarely heard of which car manufacturer actually has a powder coating line, which is amazing.
At present, the mainstream, no, it should not be said to be the mainstream, I should be 99% of the car manufacturers, and the spraying lines used are all paint spraying lines.
Because of the car topcoat, 99% of the paint is used.
There is also 1% of the kind, which is water-based paint.
There is nothing powder in the automotive industry at the moment!
If it weren't for Zhang Xiaofan's sudden intervention into the wheel industry, then 99% of the world's wheels would still be paints or water-based paints.
And, of course, 1% powder varnish.
"In fact, many of our company's accessories are powder coatings.
Powder coatings, although in terms of external performance, are much worse than paints.
However, its physical and chemical properties are better than those of oil-based coatings.
Therefore, the accessories of our company, the coating film on it is made of powder coating. ”
This is not surprising.
In fact, Zhang Xiaofan has always thought that for a large company like BMW, their accessories should be provided by other supporting companies.
But Zhang Xiaofan also suddenly thought of a possibility.
Chassis.
And this possibility will be very large, the three main parts of the car, the engine, the chassis, the gearbox.
These three major accessories are generally produced by the car manufacturers themselves.
If the coating of the car chassis is sprayed with powder coating, then it is not surprising that there is a powder coating line.