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Color Matters
When it comes to color, automotive paint suppliers don't just forecast the next big trends...they create them.
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Automation: To What Degree?
Webster has three definitions for automation, but the second one applies best to painting: “The techniques and equipment used to bring about automatic operation and control.” Within that statement, techniques and equipment become the operative words because there is such a broad range and degree of both.
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A Coatings Campus
Products Finishing magazine was recently invited to spend a day inside PPG's Application and Process Development Lab in Flint, Michigan. Anticipating little more than a showcase of PPG's products, we found that the facility serves as an educational tool for finishers and a risk-management resource...
Read MoreRemoving VOCs
Question: I am working on a new metal finishing project and have been given the responsibility of removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the air exhaust using activated carbon.
Read MoreThe Road Ahead: An Interview with Toyota's Kevin Butt
Kevin Butt, Assistant General Manager of Body Engineering for Toyota’s North American manufacturing headquarters, will open the Coating 2003 Conference held October 28-30 in Indianapolis, IN, with a discussion of trends in automotive coating and how Toyota’s manufacturing efficiency has led to improvements in the company’s paint and finishing processes.
Read MorePainting 316L Marine-Grade Stainless Steel
Is there any kind of paint you would suggest where abrading or etching is not possible?
Read MorePainting 316L Marine-Grade Stainless Steel
Question: I saw your article about painting stainless steel.
Read MoreElectrocoat Addition
Question: We currently have a five-stage zinc phosphate washer and are powder coating various metal parts for original equipment manufacturers.
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