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Many military products such as vehicles, cabs, frame rails, wheels, and body panels are coated with PPG POWERCRON Electrocoat. Our products offer excellent corrosion resistance, edge coverage, and protective throw power which make them ideal choices for military vehicles and parts. POWERCRON cationic epoxy primers have excellent adhesion to a variety of substrates and are excellent bases for CARC topcoats.  

PPG Featured Electrocoat Products for Military Applications

POWERCRON 6100
This gray electrocoat finish is approved to military specification MIL-DTL-53084 for use on military parts. This product was formulated to meet military requirements by offering a unique combination of properties: excellent corrosion resistance, edge coverage, protective throwpower, heavy metal-free, HAPs-free, and low VOC.

POWERCRON 590-534
This one-component, black electrocoat finish is approved to military specification MIL-DTL-53084 for use on military parts. It was shown to meet military requirements by providing excellent corrosion resistance, edge coverage and protective throwpower, all from a heavy metal-free, HAPs-free, low VOC formulation. POWERCRON 590-534 provides excellent film smoothness and a recommended 375°F cure temperature.

POWERCRON 6000CX
This black electrocoat finish is approved to military specification MIL-DTL-53084 for use on military parts. Like our other approved electrocoat products, it provides excellent corrosion resistance, edge coverage and protective throwpower, and is also heavy metal-free, HAPs-free and low VOC. POWERCRON 6000CX is available as a traditional two-component, or a user-friendly single-component feed, and offers an energy-saving cure advantage, with a 350°F recommended temperature.

FRAMECOAT II
This premier black electrocoat finish is approved to military specification MIL-DTL-53084 for use on military parts. It provides the same performance and base formulation characteristics as our other products, but also the maximum edge protection available from a single-layer of electrocoat. FRAMECOAT II cures at a recommended 350°F, and is available in a traditional, two-component feed package.