3010 Malmo Drive, Arlington Heights, IL
+8476401177

Services We Offer

No Job is Too Big or Too Small.
No Part is Too Narrow, Too long or Too Heavy.

Our Services include:

“More than good looks, our intensive pre-paint preparation system provides a durable finish that will last for years.”

Conveyor Coating and Batch Powder Coating

Powder coating is a state-of -the-art  method of applying a decorative finish to a wide range of materials and products.  The powder used for the process is a mixture of finely ground particles of pigments and resin, which is sprayed onto a surface to be coated.  The charged powder particles adhere to the electrically grounded surfaces until heated and fused into a smooth coating in a curing oven.  The result is a uniform, durable, high-quality, and attractive finish.  The process Powder Coating is the fastest-growing finishing technology in North America, representing over 10% of all industrial finishing applications.

Conveyor Powder Coating

Our conveyor powder coating systems provide highly efficient coating applications while processing large quantity runs.  Cleaning and phosphating are done in a four-stage spray washer enabling good adhesion.  Color changes can be done in less than 15 minutes, minimizing down time.

Batch Powder Coating

Our batch powder coating department has the flexibility to process larger parts or small quantity runs.  Parts are cleaned and phosphated in our two-stage cabinet washer, then powder coated in one of two booths; depending on the size of the part.

Paint Finishing

Britt Industries meets your demands for high quality liquid painting,  We utilize many types of liquid coating specifications.  Depending on size, liquid parts are run through our six stage iron phosphate pretreatment system, or, if too large to fit through the system, they will be cleaned and iron phosphated with our large part cleaning system which utilizes a wand operated high pressure washer.  We can cure nearly any coating on any part, because the variety of liquid coatings we offer give the greatest range of coating chemistries and curing temperatures as listed here:

  • Baking – 300-350 degrees F for 10-20 minutes  (Baking is for raw steel and aluminum parts with no putty of gaskets.)
  • Force Dry – 140-225 degrees F for 10-20 minutes  (Force Dry is for steel, aluminum, or plastic parts with putty, gaskets, or other temperature sensitive components.)
  • Air Dry – Ambient temperature for 1-12 hours    Air Dry is for large welments, heavy castings, plastics, or other heat sensitive parts.

Types of liquid paints offered:

      • Polyurethane Enamel
      • Acrylic Enamel
      • Epoxy primer and topcoat
      • Polyester
      • CARC systems
      • Heat resistant coatings
      • Waterbase coatings
      • Enamels
      • High build epoxies
      • Wash primer
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Filling, Bondo, Sanding, and Grinding

Not all parts are perfect from the start, but that is OK because filling holes or reshaping of the surface is our specialty. We stock a variety of bondo to satisfy metal, plastic, and wood substrates. The bondo is very durable can withstand extreme heat and cure very strong. Britt provides beautiful surface filling for paint and powder coating to make your part visually and cosmetically perfect.

All of the Britt family is committed to complying to the ISO 9001:2008 standards.  We are continuously improving our quality management systems and as a result we have an extremely small margin of rejected or defective parts.  Our quality objectives are to find problems before they occur.

Process Testing and Control

The following tests can be performed depending upon finish.

1.  Pencil Hardness  
a. Range from H to 4H

2.  Cross Hatch 1/16 Square
 a.  After curing, adhesion is evaluated by scribing a flat surface with parallel grooves, approximately 1/4 spacing intersecting in both horizantal and vertical plane.  There will be a minimum of three lines.

b.  Coating failure will have occurred when a definite or substantial lifting or tearing away of the coating from the substrate takes place.

3.  Solvent Rub
a.  Specified solvent shall be saturated on a white cotton rag.  Fifty double rubs in a back and forth motion on substrate shall be performed.
b.  If coating is adequately cured, coating surface will exhibit slight dullness and cloth will show slight amount of color transferred from coating.  If coating is not adequately cured, it will be removed to almost bare metal and a great deal of color can be found on the cloth.

4.  Salt Spray Test
a.  Performed per customer specifications.

5.  Thickness
a.  Parts will be tested for mil-thickness.

Plastic Decorating

Info coming soon

Assembly, Packaging and Fulfillment

We are a full-service one stop facility, Britt’s skilled personnel can do assembly/disassembly, apply hardware, final inking, stickers and specialty packaging.

Delivery Services

Why waste time and resources arranging to ship your products when we can handle it for you? Our drop shipping service will expedite delivery to your customers.