Liquid Coating
Why Use Epoxy Primer?
We have been applying a two-package epoxy primer and then a polyurethane topcoat to our products.
Read MoreAccelerated Tests vs. Service Life
We manufacture coated pipe products, and I’ve been asked to come up with a guaranteed lifetime period for a “Single Wall Steel Tube” pipe having a coating that is 25 microns thick. The coating withstood the CASS test for 60 hrs. How many years it will with stand up in the field?
Read MoreProtecting Brass
I have had customer complaints about the clear coat peeling and corrosion problems on solid-brass numerals for house identification. Can you give any tips on how to polish the brass and protect it for years to come?
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Just How Clean Is Clean?
Most finishing consultants have lost count of the number of times that inadequate cleaning and pretreatment was the cause of defective painting or plating. Skip plating, blistering, delamination—these are just some of the commonly found defects caused by poor cleaning.
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Military “STARs” Are Born With Paint Facilities
The Yermo Annex Marine Corps. Logistics Base in California and the Corpus Christi Army Depot Aviation Center in Texas have acquired new systems to help train and enhance employees’ painting abilities.
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A “Bizarre” Approach: Using Moisture to Cure CARC Coatings
When veteran inventors Mike Bunnell and Daryl Bruischat put their minds together to build a better mousetrap for the drying and curing of waterborne CARC paints, they both hoped to come up with a system that might change the industry somewhat.
Read MoreThe EPA’s Common Sense Initiative and Its Legacy on the Finishing Industry
The Common Sense Initiative was the centerpiece of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s much-touted regulatory reinvention in 1994. Called a “bold experiment,” the EPA developed the Common Sense Initiative to address claims that its regulatory process had become burdensome, inefficient and costly.
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MATT KIRCHNER: "The Number One Problem Facing Surface Finishers Today"
Matt writes: With nearly one in five American workers either unemployed or underemployed it seems inconceivable that coaters and manufacturers alike would have such a difficult time finding the right people.
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Powder Coater Turns To Flashy Football Helmets
Oregon company sees sales soar with novelty paint applications
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