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How to Keep Your Paint Booth In Peak Condition
Proper cleaning and maintenance are crucial for keeping your finishing equipment running optimally. Bill Day of Global Finishing Solutions discusses 5 ways to keep your paint booth clean and operating efficiently.
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Polishing vs. Buffing: What's the Difference?
Is polishing the same as buffing? Mechanical finishing expert, Pat Wenino, explains the differences between the two processes.
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Coating Systems with the Best Long-Term Performance
The best protection against corrosion and UV exposure, says Axalta’s Mike Withers, is electrocoat and a super durable powder coating.
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Touch-up Options for Powder Coated Parts
Is it true that powder coating cannot be touched up? Powder coating expert Rodger Talbert offers options for powder coating touch-ups.
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Automated Electroplating Systems
Simultaneous engineering reduces energy and resource consumption.
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Nickel Electroplating
Applications, plating solutions, brighteners, good operating practices and troubleshooting.
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The Powder Coating Process
Powder coating is one of the most durable finishes that can be applied to industrial manufactured products, and offers excellent corrosion protection and is very safe because of its lack of volatile organic compounds. To understand the powder coating process you should start with the fundamentals.
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Conversion Coatings: Phosphate vs. Zirconium
Both phosphate-based and zirconium coatings have their advantages, but zirconium is fast becoming the pretreatment of choice.
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Understanding Infrared Line-of-Sight
Marty Sawyer of Trimac Industrial Systems offers insights into using infrared to accelerate your powder coating curing operations.
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