I just finished reading the “So You Want to Paint—Where to Start” article by Dale Stitt in the March 2011 issue of Products Finishing. HVLP spray gun jumped out as a possibility for painting our products.
I’m looking to start a company that delivers customized logos and colors on baseball helmets. My business model calls for purchasing the helmets in bulk overseas and having each helmet painted and customized with a corporate logo.
I have a customer who needs a coating material that is flexible but hard enough to resist physical abrasion and very resistant to chemicals to use on a metal product. I hear that urethane paints might be good for this application.
e have been using lacquer thinner to clean aluminum parts before painting. Is this a good practice, and if not, what would be a good low cost replacement?
We have had complaints from neighbors about paint odors coming from our plant. Can you suggest anything to reduce the possibility of paint or paint odors escaping through the roof stacks?
We measure our mid-gloss black color instrumentally, and we are having a difficult time correlating the instrumental color values to the visual perception.
I am interested in coating PVC foam boards with paint. I heard that vacuum coating is a process that will work for this application. Can you direct me to a company that can either supply the equipment to vacuum coat, or provide the service to vacuum coat?
We refinish metal office furniture on-site at the customer’s premises. I read in an article about the problem of using solvents for wax removal prior to painting. We agree that solvent wiping is a poor cleaning method for wax removal, and have had a similar problem with wax buildup and other surface contaminants, but are limited as to the methods of surface preparation due to our working conditions.
