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Removing Buffing Compound
What is the best way to remove buffing compound from brass parts?
Read MoreZinc Corrosion
We have been experiencing white corrosion (zinc oxide) while our steel components are in storage. All of these assemblies are nitrogen-brazed components and then are subject to clear zinc plating.What do you think is the root of our problems?
Read MoreAAMA Specifications for Steel
Do the AAMA powder coat specifications for extruded aluminum—AAMA 2603, AAMA 2604 and AAMA 2605—correlate to the application of steel materials?
Read MoreQ&A: Film Thickness Control
A reader asks powder coating expert Rodger Talbert: What can we do to better control the thickness of the powder on our parts?
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White Bronze, Copper-Tin-Zinc Tri-metal: Expanding Applications and New Developments in a Changing Landscape
This paper deals with the renewed interest in applications for white bronze tri-metal (Cu-Sn-Zn alloy).
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Q&A: Gap Size Specifications
A reader asks Ecoat Expert Joe Tirado: Is there a standard or a design rule that specifies the minimum gap necessary for complete coating during electrocoating?
Read MoreCorrosion Protection on Steel
What is the best zinc phosphate process for protecting steel?
Read More“Lumpy” Stannate Tin
I am having problems plating stannate tin on parts that have a copper flash. Parts are “lumpy” and dewetted.
Read MoreFilm Thickness Control
What can we do to better control the thickness of the powder on our parts?
Read MoreAdhesion Testing
We test the adhesion of plastisol to steel by crosshatch cutting through the plastisol and galvanizing all the way to the steel substrate. Is this test reliable for paint film adhesion?
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