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Ultrasonic Cleaning Systems Deliver Results and Efficiency

Tips to help you choose a system for profit, performance and quality.

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Powder Coating

Correct Coating For Staircase

I am having an old steel spiral staircase removed from a public school and then refinished and installed in my home.

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Parts Cleaning

Repainting Office Furniture

We refinish metal office furniture on-site at the customer’s premises. I read in an article about the problem of using solvents for wax removal prior to painting. We agree that solvent wiping is a poor cleaning method for wax removal, and have had a similar problem with wax buildup and other surface contaminants, but are limited as to the methods of surface preparation due to our working conditions.

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Parts Cleaning

Painting Tank Interiors

Some of the tank interior floors receive a paint touch-up after testing and before shipping because people walk on the inside during the inspection. Recently, I got a customer complaint of soft uncured paint on the tank floor when it was opened for inspection prior to filling. I can’t understand how this happened.

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Parts Cleaning

Stainless Steel Preparation—Follow-Up

The following was submitted by a reader as a follow-up to the October 2010 column regarding a question pertaining to stainless steel pretreatment prior to painting or powder coating.

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Liquid Coating

Dust in the Paint Film

We are painting a plastic part using a two-coat system. The problem is that we have a lot of scrap due to what looks like dust in the paint film.

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Parts Cleaning

Painting Water Storage Tanks

We have to fabricate and paint some fire protection water storage tanks. The specifications call for mill galvanized, not hot dip galvanized steel as the construction material.

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Parts Cleaning

Stainless Pretreatment for Painting

I am doing a project to develop a new chemical for stainless steel pre-treatment prior to painting or powder coating. Any suggestions regarding methods or processes for pretreatment?

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Parts Cleaning

PVC Removal From Cables

What solvents can be used to remove PVC from copper and aluminum cables?

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Parts Cleaning

pH Check

We have been checking the water in our steam coils in our cleaners for alkalinity by adding phenolphthalein indicator to the solution from the coil. If it turns red, we know caustic is present. Is there another way to check for this?

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