What is electrostatic painting?

Electrostatic painting is a spray method that gives the paint particles an electrical charge so they are attracted to grounded metal. The coating wraps around the whole surface — front, back, edges, hinges and railing undersides — and very little of it drifts as overspray. That makes it the standard way to refinish metal on site instead of removing it or replacing it.

What can be electrostatically painted?

Any grounded metal: hollow metal doors and frames, handrails and guardrails, lockers, shelving and racking, storefront and window frames, elevator doors, partitions, filing cabinets, electrical panels, HVAC units, machinery housings and metal fencing. Wood, drywall, plastic and fiberglass cannot hold the charge and are painted conventionally instead.

Can you paint while our building stays open?

Yes — that is the main reason to choose it. Because the charged coating is pulled to the metal rather than into the air, containment and masking are far lighter than conventional spraying, so we work in occupied offices, schools, medical suites, retail spaces and warehouses, section by section, including evenings and weekends.

Is electrostatic painting cheaper than replacing metal doors or railings?

In almost every case, yes. Refinishing keeps the existing hardware, frames and openings, so there is no demolition, no lead time on new metal and no code or fire-rating re-approval on rated doors. Every project gets a free written estimate that itemizes prep, coating system, coat count and schedule before any work starts.

How durable is the finish in Florida's coastal climate?

We specify direct-to-metal industrial enamels and urethanes rated for salt exposure and UV, which matters in Brevard County where salt air off the Indian River and the Atlantic attacks unprotected steel and aluminum. Rust is treated and spot-primed before finish coats so the film is not sitting on top of active corrosion.

Do you offer electrostatic painting outside Melbourne?

Yes. We cover all of Brevard County — Melbourne, Palm Bay, West Melbourne, Viera, Suntree, Rockledge, Cocoa, Merritt Island, Titusville, the beachside communities and the Port — for commercial, industrial and property-management clients.

Is it new for Pro Touch Painting?

Electrostatic painting is our newest offering, added alongside our commercial painting work so property managers and facility teams can keep metal looking new without replacing it. It is booked and scoped exactly like the rest of our work: a site walk first, a written scope second.

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Electrostatic Painting in Brevard County, FL

Pro Touch Painting offers on-site electrostatic painting throughout Brevard County, FL — hollow metal doors and frames, handrails, lockers, shelving, storefronts, machinery, panels and warehouse racking are refinished in place with an electrostatically charged coating that wraps around metal, so occupied offices, schools, medical suites and warehouses stay open while the work happens.

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Painter electrostatically spraying hollow metal commercial doors and steel frames on site in an occupied Brevard County, FL office building — Electrostatic Painting by Pro Touch Painting — Brevard County, FL

Electrostatic Painting in Brevard County, FL

Electrostatic painting solves a problem conventional spraying cannot: refinishing metal inside a building that is still in use. The gun gives the atomized coating a negative charge, the grounded metal pulls it in, and the paint wraps around edges, hinges, tube railings and louvers instead of drifting into the room. The result is a hard, even, factory-like film on metal that would otherwise have to be removed, sent out, or replaced — with dramatically less masking, overspray and downtime than a standard spray job.

Refinished in place — no removal, no sending items out
Charged coating wraps edges, hinges and tube railings
Minimal overspray, so offices and clinics stay open
Metal doors, frames, railings, lockers, panels and equipment
Evening and weekend scheduling for occupied buildings

How our electrostatic painting process works

Survey and ground plan

We walk the items with you, confirm each piece is bare or coated metal that will hold a ground, note what has to stay in service, and schedule around your hours.

Contain and mask

Floors, glass, hardware and adjacent finishes are protected and the work zone is contained. Because the charged coating is drawn to the metal, masking is a fraction of what conventional spraying needs.

Clean, de-gloss and ground

Metal is degreased, rust and failing coating are removed, glossy factory finishes are abraded, and a ground clamp is attached so the electrostatic charge has a path.

Spray, cure and reset

A DTM or industrial enamel is applied in even passes, allowed to cure, and the space is put back the way you use it — usually the same day for doors and railings.

Electrostatic Painting by city in Brevard County

We deliver electrostatic painting across the Space Coast — pick your city for local details.

What electrostatic painting costs and involves in Brevard County

Brevard County is one of the harshest coating environments in the country, and electrostatic painting here has to be planned around that. Salt carried inland off the Atlantic and the Indian River, relative humidity that sits near ninety percent for months, daily summer storms, and UV exposure that barely lets up in winter all shorten the service life of the wrong product. When a finish fails early on the Space Coast, the paint itself is rarely the cause — the surface underneath was not clean, dry, sound, and primed before the finish coats went on.

Every project starts with a walk-through and a written scope instead of a phone quote. We check the existing finish for adhesion, chalking, and mildew, look for moisture intrusion and hidden water damage, confirm the substrate, and list the repairs that must happen first: stucco cracking, hard or split caulk joints at windows and trim, soft fascia and soffit wood, drywall damage and nail pops, or slab grinding and moisture testing on floor coatings. Your estimate itemizes prep, products, coat counts, crew size, and timeline, so the number you approve is the number you pay.

Prep is the majority of the labor and the reason a repaint lasts eight to twelve years here rather than three. Exterior work gets a controlled wash, mildew treatment, stucco patching, full re-caulking, and spot priming over bare or chalky areas before two finish coats of premium 100% acrylic rated for coastal exposure — elastomeric where hairline cracking calls for it. Interior work gets furniture moved and covered, floors protected, patching sanded flat, stains sealed so they cannot bleed through, and hand-cut lines rather than tape alone. Cabinets are degreased, deglossed, and sprayed with a cabinet-grade finish; garage and patio floors are diamond-ground before any coating touches the concrete.

Pricing depends on square footage, substrate condition, coating system, and access — not on a flat per-foot guess. Most Brevard County homeowners want to know the range before they call, so our cost guides publish real local numbers, and our estimates break out prep so you can see exactly where the labor goes. Homes that have gone longer than a decade between repaints, or that sit east of US‑1 in the direct salt band, carry more prep and we say so up front instead of discovering it mid-project.

Crews are licensed, insured, background-checked, and based here on the Space Coast. You get one point of contact for the whole job, daily site cleanup rather than one push at the end, a final walk-through where anything you flag gets corrected before sign-off, and a written workmanship warranty. Free estimates are available countywide — Melbourne, Palm Bay, Viera, Suntree, Rockledge, Cocoa, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, Indialantic, West Melbourne, and Titusville — and every homeowner is welcome here, including LGBTQ+ families.

Our prep standards for electrostatic painting

Prep is the part of the job you never see once we are gone, and it is the only reason a finish lasts in Brevard County's heat, salt and humidity. This is the sequence we follow on every electrostatic painting job — it is written into your estimate, not left to chance.

Step 1
Confirm the metal will ground
Every item is checked for a clean electrical path — bare or coated steel, aluminum and galvanized all work, but a ground clamp has to reach sound metal. Wood, plastic, fiberglass and drywall in the same scope are noted for conventional spraying instead.
Step 2
Degrease before anything else
Door faces, push plates, railings and equipment housings carry hand oils, silicone sprays and shop grease. They are washed with a degreaser and rinsed, because a charged coating still fails over a contaminated surface.
Step 3
Treat rust and failing coating
Corrosion, scale and lifting paint are wire-wheeled or sanded back to sound material and spot-primed with a rust-inhibitive primer — critical on Brevard County exterior railings and door frames exposed to salt air.
Step 4
Abrade the factory gloss
Baked factory enamels and powder coats are scuff-sanded so the new film has mechanical bite in addition to the electrostatic attraction.
Step 5
Contain, protect and ground
Glass, hardware, floors and adjacent finishes are masked, the work zone is contained, hinges and lock hardware are protected or removed, and the ground lead is attached before the first pass.

Coatings and materials we use for electrostatic painting

We spec products for Florida exposure, not for the lowest material cost. Here is the system, layer by layer, and why each layer is there.

Electrostatic Painting coating system used by Pro Touch Painting in Brevard County, FL
Layer	What we use	Why	Coats
Rust treatment	Rust-inhibitive metal primer (spot)	Stops active corrosion under the finish, which is the usual failure point on coastal metal.	Spot, as needed
Bonding primer	Direct-to-metal bonding primer	Gives slick galvanized, aluminum and powder-coated surfaces something the finish can hold onto.	One where required
Finish — interior metal	Waterborne acrylic-urethane or DTM enamel, satin or semi-gloss	Hard, cleanable film for doors, frames, lockers and partitions in occupied buildings, with low odor and fast return to service.	Two
Finish — exterior / industrial	Industrial DTM urethane or epoxy-modified enamel	Rated for UV and salt exposure on railings, gates, fencing, HVAC housings and equipment.	Two

Rust treatment
Rust-inhibitive metal primer (spot)
Stops active corrosion under the finish, which is the usual failure point on coastal metal.
Spot, as needed
Bonding primer
Direct-to-metal bonding primer
Gives slick galvanized, aluminum and powder-coated surfaces something the finish can hold onto.
One where required
Finish — interior metal
Waterborne acrylic-urethane or DTM enamel, satin or semi-gloss
Hard, cleanable film for doors, frames, lockers and partitions in occupied buildings, with low odor and fast return to service.
Two
Finish — exterior / industrial
Industrial DTM urethane or epoxy-modified enamel
Rated for UV and salt exposure on railings, gates, fencing, HVAC housings and equipment.
Two

What drives the price of electrostatic painting in Brevard County

Electrostatic painting is quoted per item and per access condition — door and frame counts, linear feet of railing, or equipment footprint — after a site walk, because prep condition drives most of the labor.

Item count and size
Twelve hollow metal doors and frames in one corridor is efficient work; twelve doors spread across four buildings is not.
Condition of the existing finish
Sound factory enamel needs a clean and a scuff. Rusted, chalking or peeling metal needs mechanical removal and spot priming first.
Color change and coverage
Going dark-to-light, or matching a specific brand color, may add a coat.
Access and scheduling
Elevated railings, lifts, secured areas, and after-hours or weekend windows in occupied buildings all affect the number.
What else is in the scope
Metal refinished during a larger commercial repaint costs less than a standalone mobilization for a handful of doors.

Get a free written electrostatic painting estimate

We walk the job, measure it, and put the full scope — prep, products and coats — in writing before anyone picks up a brush. No pressure, no obligation, and you keep the estimate either way.

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Electrostatic Painting questions, answered

What is electrostatic painting?: Electrostatic painting is a spray method that gives the paint particles an electrical charge so they are attracted to grounded metal. The coating wraps around the whole surface — front, back, edges, hinges and railing undersides — and very little of it drifts as overspray. That makes it the standard way to refinish metal on site instead of removing it or replacing it.
What can be electrostatically painted?: Any grounded metal: hollow metal doors and frames, handrails and guardrails, lockers, shelving and racking, storefront and window frames, elevator doors, partitions, filing cabinets, electrical panels, HVAC units, machinery housings and metal fencing. Wood, drywall, plastic and fiberglass cannot hold the charge and are painted conventionally instead.
Can you paint while our building stays open?: Yes — that is the main reason to choose it. Because the charged coating is pulled to the metal rather than into the air, containment and masking are far lighter than conventional spraying, so we work in occupied offices, schools, medical suites, retail spaces and warehouses, section by section, including evenings and weekends.
Is electrostatic painting cheaper than replacing metal doors or railings?: In almost every case, yes. Refinishing keeps the existing hardware, frames and openings, so there is no demolition, no lead time on new metal and no code or fire-rating re-approval on rated doors. Every project gets a free written estimate that itemizes prep, coating system, coat count and schedule before any work starts.
How durable is the finish in Florida's coastal climate?: We specify direct-to-metal industrial enamels and urethanes rated for salt exposure and UV, which matters in Brevard County where salt air off the Indian River and the Atlantic attacks unprotected steel and aluminum. Rust is treated and spot-primed before finish coats so the film is not sitting on top of active corrosion.
Do you offer electrostatic painting outside Melbourne?: Yes. We cover all of Brevard County — Melbourne, Palm Bay, West Melbourne, Viera, Suntree, Rockledge, Cocoa, Merritt Island, Titusville, the beachside communities and the Port — for commercial, industrial and property-management clients.
Is it new for Pro Touch Painting?: Electrostatic painting is our newest offering, added alongside our commercial painting work so property managers and facility teams can keep metal looking new without replacing it. It is booked and scoped exactly like the rest of our work: a site walk first, a written scope second.