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Assembling Parts Before Electrocoating

Question: I have heard that parts can be assembled before electrocoat.

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Controlling Water Soluble Enamel

Question: The coating process used in our facility is a flow through system using a water soluble enamel.

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Making Wrinkle Finishes Wrinkle

Question: Getting a good wrinkle finish is just about as easy as painting with any aerosol type finish.

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Masking for Electrocoating

Question: Can electrocoat be masked like powder or liquid coatings?

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Lawn Mower Blades

Question: We produce lawn mower blades for after-market sale.

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Blistering on Recoat

Question: We paint our steel enclosures before assembly, and the painted enclosures are stored.

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Film Thickness vs. Paint Use

Question: I run an anodic acrylic enamel electrocoat paint system.

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Chalking of Heat-Resistant Paint

Question: I have a customer who manufactures and paints fire rings, which are used at parks and campsites around the country.

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Passing 240 Hours Salt Spray

Question: We are currently trying to pass an OEM paint specification.

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Adhesion to Plastics

Question: Recently, I have experienced some sporadic paint adhesion failures.

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Spraying Metallic Paints

Question: I have experienced some difficulty in color matching between methods of spray application, primarily on metallic colors.

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Zinc Phosphate Sludge

Question: We run a zinc phosphate spray coating line where mostly mild steel is treated.

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