For paint contractors who are preparing for large scale commercial painting works or a layman who is planning home improvement project, paint and the material that is in optimal shape is a necessity. This could be due to exposure to moisture and humidity during storage and transportation; cans of paint could be rendered useless, other supplies such as drop cloths, brushes, rollers and the like could also deteriorate quickly. Fortunately, pallet stretch film acts as the most impenetrable barrier against environmental factors that can affect your paint materials.
What is Pallet Stretch Film and How does it Function?
Pallet stretch film or stretch wrap is a thin polyethelene film which is wrapped around pallets to consolidate loads and to retain products in position during storage as well as transportation. During application it is stretched for it to snap over loads of different shapes and sizes. The tension of the wrap ensures that other goods on the pallet do not move around hence ensuring they do not get damaged.
Not the least important, stretch film also creates a type of skin which does not allow any air, dust, other contaminants, not to mention moisture, to penetrate to the protected product. Organically solvable paints and coatings pose a relatively small resistance against the permeation by water. Any exposure to even high humidity or condensation means it causes the contents to become unstable and clump and degrade and even encourage rusting of the inside of the can. Stretch wrap can be very effective in stopping the outside moisture from penetrating and entering the cocoon like covering.
Protection of Drop Cloths, Brushes and Rollers
Other paint related items such as paints, paint offenders, paint brushes, paint rollers and roller covers must also be stored completely dry to perform well on the job. A brush that is wet will not allow paint to stick or flow well on the surface, while a roller with wet cover picks up paint inappropriately since some parts of the cover will have more paint than others. They come with one drawback; when used with moisture, they can cause paint to bleed through, to floors, walls, and other surfaces.
These accessories are protected by pallet and stretch film from humidity and rain. The stretch film wrap shields the supplies from exposure to water molecules in the atmosphere and keeps them fresh and dry up to the time they will be required again.
Preventing Rust and Corrosion
More so for the oil based paints and coatings that use steel cans and containers, moisture can be a major issue. This can foster the formation of rust and corrosion and once water penetrates the surface it can contaminate paint, affect the flow and consistency or change the sheen, color and much more. In extreme cases of neglect, the exposed containers may even land a degradation hole from corrosion – say good bye to that paint.
Stretching a film covering over pallets of paint brings a complete water tight protection around each can from the time it is in the warehouse to the actual construction site. The film also offers safeguard against chemical leaching when the containers are stored tightly on a pallet. Products remain intact when packaging and even during storage because stretch film offers protection against moisture, odors, uv light among other factors Stretch film facilitates extended shelf life of palletized paint and coat whereby materials retain their original form without coming into contact with one another.
Constantly Keeping A Small Variance In Temperature
As well as moisture resistance, stretch films also offer protection from fluctuations in temperature levels. Such insulation gives the necessary thermal stability to the pallet load within the film so that sharp changes in temperature within the pallet load which can harm paint and accessories are avoided. Cold temperatures can lead to paint to gel, clump and not be usable while high temperatures reduce viscosity. The transported and stored products likewise experience moderate temperatures while still in the stretch film – minimizing thermal shock of the product.
Pale colored stretch wrap makes it possible to know the contents of the pallet without having to unwrap it. Employees can know particular types of paint, shine, colour and painter of paint and do not need to frisk through lots to find what is needed for the next job. It also enables inspections to be made of any inadvertent spoilage during warehousing or transportation to which affected product can be substituted. It is appreciated to have visible access to an protected pallet load for the general business stock control and for planning of the jobs to be done.
Convenience of Systematic Paints Shipments to the actual Workplace
When pallets are shrink wrapped and protected from water, painters can be assured in accepting direct deliveries to residential or commercial site painters. Nevertheless, there is no requirement to move inventory to a protected storage first or to load containers to vehicles for protected shipment. Whether pallets are put in a covered porch area or an exposed driveway the stretch film cover secures the supplies from the elements hence staying in excellent condition until required.
Quality pallet stretch films can have as much as 12-month protection against moisture, wear, weather, radiation and chemicals among others. For paint professionals who utilise stretch wrapping for palletized stocks, they can just time delivery for future work. Of course, wireless pallets can remain for more time at the site because of various delated schedules and yet, without any doubt, paint will never get tarnished cracking the seal.