Pretreatments
Removing Rust, Mill Scale And Oils In One Step
I always see the typical pretreatment stages to be a cleaner, rinse, phosphate, rinse, sealer, rinse or not. Nowhere do I see anything to deal with the rust and mill scale from the HRS steel. Is there a product that removes the rust, mill scale and oils in one step? Or are there more steps required, I can honestly say most everything I ever read about seems like a perfect world where the only thing the steel has on it is oils.
Read MoreBlisters And Creep On Aluminum Castings
We have repeatedly failed a 336-hour salt spray test on an aluminum casting. We use an immersion bath iron phosphate conversion coating (soap, rinse, phosphate, rinse) and urethane powder coating. The results have consistently been blisters and significant creepback from scribe. How can we improve our adhesion and weather resistance on these die castings? What is causing the blistering? We could instead use a TGIC Polyester? Would these powders perform better?
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A Strong Finish
Bringing powder coating in-house leads to a top quality finish and quick turnaround
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Three Steps to Lower Energy Use
Improve paint system bottom line by cutting energy consumption
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New Guns And Controls Boost Transfer Efficiency And Save Powder
At Rubbermaid’s Jackson, MO, plant, they spray quite a bit of powder to coat wire shelving systems for closet organization and other applications.
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Paint Shop Life Cycle Management
Proper planning can help make your paint operations productive from cradle to grave
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