October 9, 2026 | Buying Guide
Every month we receive the same enquiry: "What is your price for color coated sheet?" There is no answer to that sentence — seven variables hide behind those three words. State all seven and you get a firm price the first time; leave them out and you lose three weeks to e-mail ping-pong.
Does 0.4 mm mean the substrate or the painted, coated total? A 25 μm film plus zinc adds the thickness of two sheets of paper. Your stamping die reads the finished gauge — align the definition before you compare prices.
Coil is cheaper, but you need your own CTL line; cut sheets feed your press directly and cost one processing step more. If you want sheets, give two more numbers: length and length tolerance (we hold ±0.05 mm).
There are a dozen "whites". RAL 9003, 9010 and 9016 side by side are visibly different. The reliable way: send a physical sample or a RAL code, we coat a strike-off, and the run is booked only after you sign it off.
The surface sets the price band and the line schedule. For emboss, confirm depth (0.06–0.08 mm for side panels, 0.15 mm for liners); for prints, confirm the pattern number.
Choose zinc by environment: Z60–Z120 for indoor units, higher for humid climates or long sea transit. Appliance-grade topcoat runs 20–25 μm; thicker films for door panels are negotiable.
MOQ follows color: a standard shade runs tens of tonnes per schedule, a custom color waits for a furnace slot. 3–7 days lead time covers standard shades; custom colors add the sampling loop.
FOB Qingdao, or CFR/CIF to your port? Three hundred kilometres by road and thirty days at sea are two different packages. Export shipments from us come with wooden pallets, full waterproof paper, cross-strapped steel bands and edge protectors as standard — condensation and dented corners are lessons we already paid for.
Send this block to any supplier. Only the ones who can answer every line are worth negotiating with:
Thickness (base / finished) ___ | Width ___ | Form (coil / cut length + tolerance) ___ | Color (RAL / physical sample) ___ | Surface ___ | Zinc ___ | Quantity ___ | Destination and Incoterms ___
Send it to us and you get a price within 24 hours.
