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Painting Firearms Components
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.
Read MoreGas vs. Electric Ovens
What are the pros and cons for using gas or electric to heat a typical automotive supplier curing oven?
Read MorePainting Fish Hooks
What can you suggest in terms of applying a thicker coating to mass produce hooks that won’t bind together and thereby produce contact points?
Read MoreDecorating Batting Helmets
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.
Read MoreFlexible Abrasion-Resistant Coating
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.
Read MoreCleaning Aluminum
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?
Read MoreControlling VOC Emissions
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?
Read MoreColor Measurement
We measure our mid-gloss black color instrumentally, and we are having a difficult time correlating the instrumental color values to the visual perception.
Read MoreCoating PVC Foam Boards
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?
Read MoreWet Adhesion Test
We are facing the problem of wet adhesion test failures on painted parts. Can you tell me the root cause of these failures?
Read MorePainting Training Courses
Do you offer training courses or training materials that will help get us started?
Read MoreRepainting Office Furniture
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.
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