Liquid Coating
Chevy Sonic Gets Eco-Friendly Paint Job
Thanks to this system, as well as other recent shop enhancements designed to minimize energy use and paint-solvent emissions, Orion Assembly’s paint facility will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 80,000 metric tons each year at full production, cut solvent emissions by about 108,000 lbs. annually, slice $40 of manufacturing costs from each vehicle and use 50 percent less process energy per vehicle—all while being heated by natural and landfill gas instead of more emissions-intensive coal-fired boilers.
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Shaken, Not Stirred
We are an American corporation with operations in India. For one of our applications, we use an epoxy primer (BMS 10-11Y, type I, class A, grade E, water-reducible epoxy primer, green 44-GN-011). Can you please clarify if our product is suitable for mixing in a paint shaker?
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New marine coating prevents barnacles from forming colonies
Extremely sensitive to molecules known as ‘macrocyclic lactones
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PAINTING: Latex Spraying Revisited
Ask an Expert From: Products Finishing, Carl Izzo, Consultant
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BASF unveils it’s iGloss “intelligent paint system”
New paint reflects heat rays, designed for transparent organic solar cells in the roof of car
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Latex Spraying Revisited
Latex is an emulsion and retains its characteristics in another liquid. They are difficult to spray since they do not break down in the other liquid. It is not like a solution where one disperses into the other liquid to form a homogeneous liquid.
Read MoreCoat the I-Beam with Parylene
Consider coating the relic with one of the three parylenes. The stuff might be only a few microns thick, but it resists attack by heat, chemicals and abrasion.
Read MoreMore on Low-VOC Paints
With your response to M.R.’s question on low-VOC paints in September’s Painting Clinic, you neglected to mention one other option—solvent-borne, low-VOC coatings.
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