marketing
Phosphate Cleaning Systems
The issues I currently have are as follows: (1) I have a pH level of 2.0, that I think is causing flash rust to occur and in turn some slight delamination of paint during scribe testing. What is suggested to control pH? (2) I’ve read that when cleaning you should wash from bottom to top; this seems counter-intuitive to me. Can someone explain? (3) I’m sure the wheel has been invented on controls and work instructions for manual phosphating so does anyone have any links to a location that I can get our’s off of? (4) Does the metal temperature need to reach a certain temperature for the coating reaction to take place or only the solution?
Read MoreAutomobile Painting Classes
There is an institute (Name Withheld) that will teach painting, custom painting, etc, but you must also sign up for their auto collision and refinishing course. Unfortunately, I learned that these courses would cost me $28,000 as quoted to me by the institute representative. I thought that was FAR too high, and will pursue your advised method of practicing and learning by trial and error, picking up pointers from people I meet, or technical books you can buy at the painter supply shops.
Read MoreChemical Reaction Between Powder and Galvanizing
We have specified powder coating over galvanized metal surfaces for a gate. The contractor recommends not galvanize the gate because the final product will have dots due to chemical reaction.
Read MoreNickel Problems
We are an older shop with severe space limitations. We are forced to plate brass and steel parts on the same nickel plating line. The plating line works well when the cleaners are new but after a short period of time we start to have peeling of the nickel from the steel parts. Any thoughts?
Read MoreRack Design
We seem to be spending a lot of money on racks in order to get maximum part density and spend a lot of labor changing and repairing the racks. Do you have any secrets that would help us?
Read MoreRusting Trolley and Chain
I installed a powder coating system in my plant in Ohio and the trolleys and the chain has rusted to the point that the trolleys are falling apart and the chain is rusted so bad it’s dropping rust on the coated parts. Is there some kind of material or coating that I can have put on the chain? At one time they made some chain out of a Microloy material but that is not available for the three-inch chain anymore. Maybe some kind of plastisol coating that the wash won’t attack?
Read MoreAnti-Out-Gassing Powder Formulas
What I would appreciate is a recommendation for the type of powder we should focus on to help with the above-mentioned conditions. Keep in mind that the propellers are used in fresh and salt-water applications. I also think the UV rays can travel through the water and therefore UV resistance may also be necessary.
Read MoreRising from the Ashes
How one finishing job shop expanded its plating business the hard way.
Read MoreAutomatic Painting
Our inquiry is about whether we should install an automatic spray coating system for applying a shop primer in our structural steel fabrication facility. This system needs to be able to coat sheet metal and structural profiles in different shapes like I, U and so on. Is automatic coating a satisfactory method to paint these parts or shall we coat them manually?
Read More
