Liquid Coating

Parts Cleaning

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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marine

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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Electrocoating

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.

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Electroplating

The 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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Liquid Coating

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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Liquid Coating

Powder Coater Turns To Flashy Football Helmets

Oregon company sees sales soar with novelty paint applications

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Powder Coating

FTC Says Graco-ITW Deal Violates Anti-Trust Laws

The FTC charges that if the proposed acquisition were completed, the combined firm would control a dominant share of all North American sales of industrial liquid finishing equipment and have a monopoly specifically in the market for circulation pumps used in paint systems in the automobile industry.

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Powder Coating

Minnesota Paint and Powder Coating EXPO 2012

Looking to improve the efficiency of your industrial finishing operations while maximizing investment returns? The Minnesota Paint and Powder Coating Expo on March 15 will focus on just those important initiatives. Sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of Chemical Coaters Association International and the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program at the University of Minnesota, the event will be held at Century College in White Bear Lake, Minnesota near St. Paul.

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Electroplating

Adhesion to Electroless Nickel

Is there a process to improve paint adhesion to a high-phosphate, nickel-plated surface?

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Liquid Coating

Black Coating for Steel

Do you have any suggestions on what solutions we might explore for black coating steel?

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