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The Perfect Trade Show Booth

Successful trade show booths are all about the details. Set your company apart, secure new clients and grow your business.

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Electroplating

How to Choose the Right Coating for Fasteners

Choosing the proper coating for fasteners can help with performance by improving durability and lifespan. In this helpful Ask the Expert article, Mark Schario of Columbia Chemical offers advice for choosing the right fastener coatings.

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Powder Coating

Powder Coating Top Shop Focuses on Growth, Expanding Markets

Indiana-based Winona Powder Coating has become one of the leading industrial powder coating providers for the Midwest and continues to emphasize new growth as it looks to the future.

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economics

Finishing Activity: September Closes With an Index of 49.8 (50 = flat.)

Finishing activity is flat for the first time since December 2020. 

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basics

Pretreatment for Painting

Better adhesion, enhanced corrosion and blister resistance, and reduced coating-part interactions make pretreatment a must.

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Parts Cleaning

When the Stakes are High, Clean

Precision cleaning is critical for finishing aerospace oxygen system parts.

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photo finish

Valve Finishes

Nickel and chrome plated brass plumbing valve bodies by Everbright Metal Finishers.

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Ask The Expert

Preventing Anodizing Cathodes from Turning Red

While the red color may not be desirable, anodizing expert Drew Nosti says it poses no particular problem to a successful anodizing process.

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Ask The Expert

The Real Cost: C-Hooks Versus Parts Racks

Industrial finishing line consultant Dan Davitz discusses the advantages of parts rack over the use of C-hooks for your paint or powder coating line.

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regulation

PFAS in Surface Finishing: Where is it Going?

Regulation of PFAS chemicals continues to increase — here are some steps finishing operations can take to prepare.

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Electrocoating

Curing Ecoat at Lower Temperatures

Recent innovations in ecoat technology allow for an expanded bake window to enable the curing of diverse substrates of varying thicknesses. 

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Anodizing

Deoxidizing Aluminum as a Pretreatment

This important first step can help prepare the metal for subsequent surface finishing.

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