Parts Cleaning
Be All You Can Be
For fabricators, the finishing line is just the beginning of a new era in today's market. The days of simply cutting, bending and welding metal components into assemblies and delivering them to a customer in two to three weeks just don't exist anymore, nor with original equipment manufacturers need tighter turnarounds for their parts.
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Tips to help you choose a system for profit, performance and quality.
Read MoreCorrect Coating For Staircase
I am having an old steel spiral staircase removed from a public school and then refinished and installed in my home.
Read MoreRepainting 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.
Read MorePainting 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.
Read MoreStainless 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.
Read MoreDust 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.
Read MorePainting 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.
Read MoreStainless 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?
Read MorePVC Removal From Cables
What solvents can be used to remove PVC from copper and aluminum cables?
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