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Red Color on Yellow Brass
I’m an artist and want to color a number of yellow brass art pieces with a red finish. I can’t find any information on the process. Can you help me?
Read MoreWhy Paint Stainless Steel
As for painting passivated stainless steel—Why? Why would anyone want to get rid of the passivated layer and lose the benefit of its corrosion protection?
Read MoreWhy Not Barrel E-Coating
For E-coating, the parts have to be individually placed on racks. It was explained that E-coating is a lot like electroplating. If that is the case, why can’t they be coated in a barrel?
Read MoreWhy Those Redundant Testing Requirements
Why couldn’t someone, like The Electrocoat Association, come up with a procedure for requesting certified documents from us to show the process is, and has a track record of being, in control and promote that procedure to the quality powers that be?
Read MoreUV Clean Coat Over Metal
Our question is whether rust sometimes occurs under the UV coating. Can you explain why some may rust quicker than others in a non-humid environment when routine maintenance is performed on all tanks and not all parts rust?
Read MoreWASTEWATER SAMPLING
We have a small plating line and batch wastewater treatment system that are captive to our manufacturing operation. For many years, the city has allowed us to perform grab sampling from a sampling port on the side of our batch treatment tank for our compliance sampling. During the city’s recent annual inspection, they stated that EPA is making them require us to install a sampling manhole outside of the plant; this manhole will also require a weir or flume to allow collection of flow proportional samples.
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