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HVLP For Automotive Refinishing

If you were to advise a painter who has to work with high-solids, low-VOC coatings and/or water-based paints and primers on how to select an HVLP, what would you suggest he look for? What selection criteria should he use?

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Coating Steel Fasteners

I am a manufacturing engineer responsible for product development for a supplier of fasteners and fastener tools. The big issue right now is finding a coating that can hold up to 1,000 hr of salt spray. We’ve had the greatest amount of success with zinc nickel plating (400 hr in salt spray). At this point, we are interested in any coating technology, including plating technologies, organic technologies, or even a plating/organic hybrid technology.

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Adhesion Failure as Time Goes By

What failure mechanism could likely trigger this? What are the material conditions that might be contributing to this?

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Prep for Painting Over Powder

Is sanding the only method to get paint to adhere to powder coat, or can a good quality primer be used in lieu of sanding (provided there is no slip agent in the powder)? Are there specific types of primer and paint that you would recommend for this type of application?

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Finishing System Durability

While the specific paint chemistry can clearly have dramatic impact on the durability of the finished component, the use of effective surface cleaning and conversion coating practices may actually have an even greater impact. If end users and coatings applicators are looking to improve paint adhesion and corrosion resistance, it is critical to consider the surface preparation of the component.

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Standardization and Simulation

Pre-engineered work cell brings robots to more applications

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cold Zinc Phosphate

I am a finishing engineer in a sheet metal fabricating factory. At a recent staff meeting, our boss asked us to look into reducing every energy-using operation. We have lowered the temperature of our iron phosphate pretreatment system. Can we do the same with the zinc phosphate pretreatment?

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New Finishing Technologies Taking Off

Trends in coating and finishing for aerospace and defense

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Evolution in the Skies

How aircraft painting is changing for the better

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Paint Adhesion to Plated Plastic

am the senior engineering manager in charge of product development execution. The problem comes about after a translucent paint is applied over a chrome-plated polycarbonate/ABS plastic substrate. I’m assuming that the chrome plating must be prepared (cleaned or etched) before paint application, but I need some recommendations to forward to the factory.

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