This document discusses various surface coating methods used to improve wear and corrosion resistance of materials. It provides details on several coating techniques including thermal spraying methods like flame spraying, plasma spraying and HVOF. The key points are: 1) Different coating methods like thermal spraying, vapor deposition, mechanical cladding are used to improve surface properties. 2) Thermal spraying techniques like flame spraying, plasma spraying and HVOF are described in detail along with the coating materials, temperatures involved and applications. 3) Characteristics of different coatings like hardness, porosity and adhesion strength obtained from various spraying methods are summarized in tables for comparison.