When applying metal and paint finishes to your products, it is important to consider how you will protect the more intricate parts that must stay intact. An effective way of doing this is by using metal and paint masking products, in particular with self threading plugs. We stock a range of masking products and plugs for powder coating at Hi-Tek, suitable for use in a wide variety of industries depending on your needs. Find out more about self threading plugs and why you should consider them for your metal masking needs:<\/p>\n
Self threading plugs<\/a> are small silicone plugs that fit into small holes and areas within a product. These are usually areas where you would not want a metal finish or paint to reach, in order to prevent this area becoming compromised or damaged. Self threading plugs have a small shoulder, preventing them from being pushed into a hole too far whilst ensuring a full seal.<\/p>\n Self threading plugs are most commonly used for metal masking and paint masking but are also used in other industries. When metal masking, there are certain parts of a product that should not come into contact with the metal finish or paint. This is because it can change the dimensions or cause damage to parts of a product that must not be impacted. Thus, this can affect how well a product works. By inserting metal masking products<\/a> within these small holes and areas, facilities can ensure certain areas of their products remain untouched by paint or a metal finish.<\/p>\n Self-threading plugs are incredibly useful to those within the metal masking and paint industries. Here are a few of their main benefits:<\/p>\n For more information about our self threading plugs or other masking plugs for powder coating, get in touch<\/a> with our team of experts at Hi-Tek Products. Give us a call on 01202 661300<\/a> or fill out our online form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When applying metal and paint finishes to your products, it is important to consider how you will protect the more intricate parts that must stay intact. An effective way of doing this is by using metal and paint masking products, in particular with self threading plugs. We stock a range of masking products and plugs…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hitekproducts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why are self threading plugs used for metal masking?<\/h2>\n
What are the benefits of self threading plugs?<\/h2>\n
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