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Question: With reference to your letter in the October issue, I have a comment regarding overspray on racks, etc.

RAF has taken delivery of the first Airbus Military A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft painted with high-solids Desoprime CF/CA 7049 chromate-free primer, F565-4010 selectively strippable intermediate coat, and high-solids Desothane HS/CA 8200 series military and defense topcoats.

Question: Is there any recommended practice that you’d recommend that will touch-up scratched clear anodized extrusions other than stripping and rerunning the parts?

Scott Papst says Aquaease Infinity cleaners reduce cleaning cost by more than 35%, cut waste and reduce reject rate caused by oil saturated cleaners.

This important first step can help prepare the metal for subsequent surface finishing.

Is there an industry standard for acceptable scrap/fallout when coating parts with powder over various manufactured metal parts (I’m specifically interested in zinc versus aluminum and steel) and how does it compare to liquid paint?

William Goughenour debuts this month as the new paint expert for Products Finishing. He is the Senior Coatings Analyst for the National Center for Coatings Application, Research, and Education (C-Care) in Virginia, which provides one of the most advanced manufacturing laboratories in North America for coating and finishing related process engineering, applied research, training, and education.

The following points may apply to specific metal finishing operations, such as: plating, painting and powder coating, anodizing, colorizing, oxidizing and other specialties.

Question: I have recently begun working with a new customer on both paint and powder coating of magnesium die-castings.

It’s a Catch-22 for Craig Walters, president of Premier Finishing in Stockton, CA, as he watches cabinets coming off his paint line and knows it will be populated with kidney dialysis control equipment and will be used by someone in dire need.