Here's how the technology breaks down: Wood cannot be heated as much as other substrates, which until now made the application of traditional powder coatings to wood impractical. The advent of lower temperature and UV curable powder coatings has revitalized interest in powder coating wood.

But powder coaters found that wood is temperamental and requires more finesse than heating metal parts. Moisture content changes, warping, and the way the grain behaves in machined areas all make the proper processing of wood parts a challenge. The search for an answer to these problems led to the COYOTE system.