Military – Master Craft Finishers

Military / Aerospace

Master Craft Finishers brings nearly 60 years of expertise to the highly specialized fields of military and aerospace coatings. Our expert team is capable of analyzing, translating, and processing detailed specifications to meet the stringent demands of these sectors.

What makes Master Craft Finishers a preferred option for military and aerospace applications?

The sophistication in processing military parts requires experts who can interpret engineering drawings. There is also a careful analysis on the pre-treatment, masking, and specified coating required to process the part. This information is then transmitted to an expert production team who focuses specifically on military parts.

Masking

MCF utilizes a variety of low and high temperature tapes, plugs and custom templates for precision masking. For more complex masking MCF has and in house printer/cutter that can produce very details “masking stickers” that can not be produced by hand.

Low-Temp Metal Filler

Precision metal filling provides the opportunity to produce a smooth finish on pressed or punched hardware. Low temp metal filler is also used for covering seams on dipped brazed metal.

Military Durability Testing

Upon request MCF can conduct a variety of durability and environmental test to ensure the longevity of a given process. There are numerous way to test the durability such as included cross hatch, put tape, boil test or salt spray testing.

Nadcap/AS9100 Chem Film Certification

MCF will soon achieve NADCAP and AS-9100 certification for chemical treatment and certain military spec primes, paints, and powders. Our inspection is in November 2024 and the appropriate preparation has been completed in advance of that inspection.

Questions Regarding Military and Aerospace Finish

Top questions related to Military and Aerospace coating

Since the 1970’s Master Craft has been refining its technical abilities within military coatings. For decades we have processed everything from historical specs that never change to the most cutting-edge processes and coating available. This range allows us to advise our customer on best practices for virtually any time of military project. These are some of the common question we receive in regards to military coatings.

For processes that require extreme durability customers often spec MIL-DTL-5541 – Type 1 Class 1A (gold). For high durability but with a light enough coating for conductivity customer often spec Type 1 Class 3 (gold) provides superior corrosion resistance and is typically used for aerospace and military applications.

Types of Chemical Films

MIL-DTL-5541 – Type 1 Class 1A / Class 3 (Gold) provides superior corrosion resistance and is typically used for aerospace and military applications.

MIL-DTL-5541 Type 2 Class 1A / Class 3 (Clear) – Offers good corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity. Commonly used in general industrial applications.

Chemical accuracy, formulation, and submersion time affect a part's ability to reach certification. It is important to understand the processes that range from maintaining conduction to ones that require maximum corrosion protection.

High heat masking tape is used in temperature-sensitive areas.

Custom plugs are utilized to protect threading and other tolerance-specific holes.

Machine templates create precision masking not possible by the human hand.

For primers the most popular categorizes are wash, zinc chromate, and epoxy. The most typical paints in military for top coat are epoxy and polyurethane.