Finishing and Durability
Finishing and Durability
Why Our Finish Outlasts the Competition by Years
Most manufacturers stop at three coats. At All The Details, we built a proprietary four-coat finishing process from the ground up, one that holds up in coastal salt air, extreme temperature swings, and everything in between.
Steel windows and doors carry a reputation for strength. But steel left unprotected will corrode, and a poorly specified finish is where most window systems fail long before the frame does. The quality of any steel fenestration system depends as much on what's on it as what it's made of.
Most manufacturers in this category apply a three-coat system, which is adequate in controlled environments. We didn't think adequate was the right standard for products going into coastal homes, high-humidity climates, and projects where replacement is simply not an option, so we created another option.
The Process
Four steps. Each one earns its place.
The Super Corrosion Resistant (SCR) finishing process has four distinct steps, and each one is doing specific work. The sequence matters. Skip or compress any layer and the system performs like a lesser product, because it is one.
The final coat is the powder coat finish. This is the color layer, the protective shell, and the surface your clients see and touch every day. Applied electrostatically as a dry powder, it is cured in an oven to bond into a single, uniform skin. No drips, no thin spots, no solvent shrinkage.
Why Powder Coat?
What powder coat actually is, and why it matters.
Powder coating is not paint in the conventional sense. Unlike liquid paint, which is sprayed wet and relies on solvents to dry, powder coating uses electrostatically charged dry pigment particles that are attracted to the grounded metal surface. The part then goes into a curing oven where the powder melts and flows into a single hard, continuous layer. There are no drips, no thin spots from uneven spraying, no solvent-related shrinkage as it dries.
The result is a finish that is significantly more resistant to chipping, scratching, ultraviolet (UV) degradation, and moisture than conventional wet paint. It also produces nearly zero volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions during application, which matters to architects and owners pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification or other sustainability benchmarks. Touch-ups, when they are ever needed, are cleaner and more straightforward than with liquid-applied finishes.
For steel windows and doors, a zinc alloy primer system beneath a powder coat finish is the high-performance standard. The zinc handles corrosion protection. The powder coat seals the whole system and takes on daily exposure to weather, ultraviolet light, and physical contact. Two layers of primer, built on a mechanically prepared substrate, mean the system has real depth before the finish coat ever goes on.
Our finishing process carries a 10-year warranty. Most manufacturers in this category offer none, or limit coverage to three years. That gap reflects the difference in how our system is built, not just how it is marketed.
Color Options
Steel doesn't have to mean black.
The assumption that steel windows only come in black is one we hear constantly. It made sense when the category was narrower and finishes were limited. It doesn't reflect where the market is now. Our powder coat finish is available across the full RAL (Reichs-Ausschuss fur Lieferbedingungen und Gutesicherung, the international color matching standard) color system, which covers hundreds of colors across every tone and family. Whites, warm greys, deep navys, sage greens, soft creams, and true blacks are all available and will match precisely because the RAL system produces repeatable, batch-consistent color codes that look the same whether the product ships in spring or fall.
Beyond the standard RAL palette, we offer a range of metallic finishes that bring warmth and depth to a steel system in a way flat colors simply can't.
Standard RAL color options available include: RAL 9005 (jet black), RAL 8022 (black brown), RAL 6009 (fir green), RAL 5008 (grey blue), RAL 7037 (dusty grey), RAL 7044 (silk grey), and RAL 9010 (pure white).
Custom Finish
Tribeca Bronze
Tribeca Bronze is our proprietary custom metallic finish, developed exclusively for All The Details. It reads as a warm, layered bronze with depth and variation that shifts slightly under different light conditions. It pairs equally well with natural materials like stone, plaster, and wood as it does with glass-heavy, contemporary facades. For projects where black reads too stark and standard metallics feel generic, Tribeca Bronze occupies its own territory.
The right finish for a project depends on orientation, daylighting, surrounding materials, and the client's intentions for the space. Our team works directly with architects, interior designers, and builders to specify the correct finish from the start, and we provide physical samples for any project where color accuracy is critical.
