Electrocoating
Electrocoating Q&A: Orange Peel Effects on Steel Parts
We are experiencing intermittent orange peel effects on steel parts that are zinc plated before phosphate and black epoxy ecoat paint.
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What type of epoxy ecoat do most automotive companies use for their steel parts?
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Measure soluble salts on surfaces significantly faster with the new Elcometer 130 SSP Soluble Salt Profiler
Portable, hand-held gauge which accurately and reliably measures 4 Bresle equivalent readings in less than three minutes
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BASF Presents Winner of 2016 Fight Club of Automotive Design
Omar Gonzalez won the 2016 Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment, Detroit’s first-ever “Fight Club of Design."
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Akzo Nobel to buy BASF coatings
The transaction would include technologies, patents and trademarks, as well as securing supply to customers worldwide.
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Crown Group earns John Deere Supplier of the Year and Partner-level Supplier
Crown Group is a supplier of coating services to John Deere’s Tractor Cab and Assembly Operations in Waterloo, Iowa.
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February’s Go-To Guy: Jose Lopez, Elite Finishing
Know a guy or gal in the industry who should be recognized? Email Jess Larkin at jlarkin@pfonline.com.
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Painting a Boeing 737: See The Video
The cost is between $100,000 to $200,000 to prep and paint each plane, depending on which colors are chosen, and how many colors.
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Axalta Celebrates 150 Years in Coatings
First products developed in Germany in 1866, and since has grown into one of the world’s leading manufacturers of liquid and powder coatings.
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