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Powder Coating

How To Better Control Powder Coating Film Thickness

If you struggle to avoid light coating in some areas of your parts, then expert Rodger Talbert has some suggestions on how to better control film build.

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Powder Coating

Pretreating Aluminum for Powder Coating

Expert Rodger Talbert explains how to get better adhesion and corrosion performance from powder over aluminum.

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Powder Coating

What to Look for in a Curing Oven

Buying a new oven is not something that most powder operations will do frequently, but expert Rodger Talbert explains the best approach to take when you are faced with this challenge.

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Powder Coating

Fixing Adhesion Failures and Bubbles in Powder Coating on Zinc

Expert Rodger Talbert helps a coater who is having issues with the application of powder on zinc castings.

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Powder Coating

What Causes Discoloration of Clear Coat Powder?

Coaters sometimes have problems with cloudy appearance or yellowing of the coating, and expert Rodger Talbert has a few possible solutions.

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Powder Coating

Getting Better Powder Coverage in Inside Corners

Powder expert Rodger Talbert offers his advice on improving inside corner coverage and other powder coating issues.

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Determining the Best Racking Arrangement for Powder Coating

Use common sense to figure out the optimum hanging patterns for coating parts, advises powder expert Rodger Talbert.

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Powder Coating

Setting Powder Guns for Raw Parts

Powder expert Rodger Talbert says for metallic powders, you should concentrate on consistent gun-to-target distance and stroke patterns.

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Powder Coating

How to Control Orange Peel and Powder Thickness

Powder expert Rodger Talbert outlines three steps you can take to limit orange peel with powder coating.

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Powder Coating

Improving Corrosion Protection

How can you improve a powder coating system to prevent corrosion on parts? Powder Expert Rodger Talbert suggests adding blasting and priming.

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Powder Coating

Controlling Dirt on Coated Parts

What can be done to better control the amount of dirt in a powder system and on coated parts? Powder expert Rodger Talbert weighs in on this and other questions.

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Powder Coating

Pretreatment Options for Cast Zinc or Aluminum Parts

What pretreatment do we need in order to powder coat cast parts? Expert Rodger Talbert explains that a three-stage washer might get those cast parts clean, but there are some considerations.

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