Carl Izzo Consultant

Film Defects

Question: What is cissing?

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Painting Metal Products

Question: My sons and I are partners in a small family business in which we do custom metal work, welding, painting, polishing, etc.

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Spray Gun Cleaner

Question: I am the paint line foreman for our plant.

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Polyurethanes vs. Epoxies

Question: I would like to know what the differences are between epoxy and polyurethane coatings.

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Coating Air Conditioner Coils

We are using a two-component paint so we can’t dip the coils because of pot life problems. Any help you can give us will be appreciated. 

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Testing over Fisheyes

Question: My question involves coated test panels.

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Wash Primer vs. Sandblasting

Question: My facility repairs Marine Corps equipment such as tracked vehicles (i.e. tanks, armored vehicles, engineering equipment). We use paint products such as wash primers.

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Painting Plastics

  Question: I work for a coatings supplier.

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Clear Coatings for Brass

Question: I just want to thank you for your very readable answers.

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Painting Over Gold Plate

Question: We are in the eyeglass business.

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Black Coating for Aluminum

Question: I am doing some research on the full range of potential coatings and associated application methods to apply a uniform black coating to the surface of an aluminum automotive condenser product. "Normal" spray techniques, for both liquid and powder, and the associated ovens and material handling equipment, are very expensive and labor intensive.

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Painting Molded Polyurethane

Question: Do you have information concerning the painting of urethane?

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