Pretreatment for Powder Coating

Parts Cleaning

Options for Outdoors

We want to provide more powder coated products for outdoor use, but we do not want to get into zinc phosphate or chrome. Can we achieve good results on steel parts if we use a primer, and if so, how do we need to process the parts?

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Anodizing

Just How Clean Is Clean?

Most finishing consultants have lost count of the number of times that inadequate cleaning and pretreatment was the cause of defective painting or plating. Skip plating, blistering, delamination—these are just some of the commonly found defects caused by poor cleaning.

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Powder Coating

Bernard Downey, Coating Pioneer, Passes Away at 88

Founder and president of B.L. Downey Co., a 325,000sf2 facility that specialized in e-coat and powder coating.

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Powder Coating

Navy Is Full Steam Ahead On Powder Coating

With the military increasing its use of powder-based coatings to cover vehicles, equipment and ships—the Army has recently announced that it will allow the use of powder coatings in its CARC coverings that are normally e-coated—more assets are getting the powder coating treatment than ever before, much to the joy of the powder manufacturers.

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Electrocoating

MATT KIRCHNER: "The Number One Problem Facing Surface Finishers Today"

Matt writes: With nearly one in five American workers either unemployed or underemployed it seems inconceivable that coaters and manufacturers alike would have such a difficult time finding the right people.

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Powder Coating

Fast Color Change

Our powder booth takes about 30 min to change from one reclaim color to another. We are thinking of making a change, but I wondered how much production time we could gain if we invest in new equipment. What are my options, and how fast can you change color in a powder booth?

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economics

FTC Says Graco-ITW Deal Violates Anti-Trust Laws

The FTC charges that if the proposed acquisition were completed, the combined firm would control a dominant share of all North American sales of industrial liquid finishing equipment and have a monopoly specifically in the market for circulation pumps used in paint systems in the automobile industry.

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Powder Coating

Coating Methods to Avoid Rust

We manufacture basketball equipment that is used outdoors. Presently, we powder coat the equipment, but have had issues with rusting, especially in coastal and humid climates. Do you have any ideas for how to avoid the rust?

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Powder Coating

Volcanoes in the Coating

We are seeing a defect in one of our smooth gray powder coatings that looks like little volcanoes and is in no repeatable pattern.

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Powder Coating

Minnesota Paint and Powder Coating EXPO 2012

Looking to improve the efficiency of your industrial finishing operations while maximizing investment returns? The Minnesota Paint and Powder Coating Expo on March 15 will focus on just those important initiatives. Sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of Chemical Coaters Association International and the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program at the University of Minnesota, the event will be held at Century College in White Bear Lake, Minnesota near St. Paul.

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