Liquid Coating

Liquid Coating

Sand Finish on Aluminum

My specialty metal shop is in the process of quoting a job to provide aluminum profiles coated with a sand-effect paint, both in color and texture. What paint do you recommend?

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Electrocoating

GM Fairfax Breaks Ground On New Paint, E-Coat Shop

450,000-square-foot, bi-level paint shop at the Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant in Kansas City

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Liquid Coating

Craters in the Paint

We sometimes have problems with craters in the paint film on the motorcycle parts we manufacture.

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Liquid Coating

Dip Tank Agitation

What is the best circulation pattern for paint with a 43 percent solids-by-volume content to obtain optimum consistency and to minimize or prevent settlement?

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Electrocoating

Nanotechnologies Address Pipe Corrosion

The boom in the gas and oil business, both in the United States and globally, has refocused attention on efforts to reduce corrosion on the surfaces of pipes and equipment used in the industry.

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Liquid Coating

Painting Viscosity vs. Temperature

One reader has something to add about paint temperature to Carl's response in the December 2012 column regarding spraying high-viscosity paints.

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Liquid Coating

Painting Particle Board

I am looking for a paint or coating that can be used to coat the surface of the particle board panels in a production line environment after finish sanding and prior to a paper laminating process.

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curing

Curing Polyurethane on Wood

Can you help us find a polyurethane varnish that will cure in our warm-air oven?

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Paint Stripping Waste Disposal

In response to a question in the September 2012 column regarding the disposal of waste from paint stripping, one reader recommends purchase of a stripping oven, used to strip products and paint racks.

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masking

Masking Painted Parts

When paint is applied to the instrument cases we manufacture it coats the threads of the tapped holes, causing difficulties in further assembly.Will changing the settings on the electrostatic gun help keep paint from coating the threads?

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