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Global Finishing Solutions has come up with some helpful insights on lighting for paints booths which plays a crucial role in achieving a quality paint job.

I want to find a replacement of methylene chloride- based paint strippers. Please guide us about good alternative paint stripper formulations.

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9 significant changes to painting protocol during shipbuilding in a pilot project to increase efficiency, save money.

The manufacturing industry has been crucial to responding to COVID-19. Read about the efforts of Therma-Tron-X, Nordson and HMG Paints and hear from GBM President Rick Kline. 

We have an aluminum casting from which we need to remove powder coat. We have investigated sanding and chemical, but the heat process may have a very negative impact on the part shape. What are your thoughts?

Question: I work for a company that overhauls helicopter components.

I have a good background on the chemistry of solvent-containing and waterborne materials, but I will have to do some additional work on better chemical strippers for powder coatings because we find them more difficult to strip. My guess is that in addition to being thicker, possibly denser and less porous, there are some chemical differences as well. Can you steer me toward some sources of this type of information?

Izzo was a paint consultant when he joined the magazine after spending a career as a scientist researching paints and coatings for Westinghouse and PPG.

However, do you have a recommended way to strip magnesium in a timely manner that will not smear the metal? Abrasive media such as plastic or glass will require a chemical etch according to our overhaul documents and I would like to avoid that.