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Drying Time Chart
I am an industrial engineer for a plant located in the northwestern United States, where temperature and humidity vary widely. How can I determine my paint processing time for these products? Are there any standard tables of drying times based on temperature and humidity?
Read MoreBuilding Blocks of an Aqueous Cleaning Process
Chemistry, time, temperature and mechanical energy are the keys
Read MoreElectroless Nickel and Magnetism
We apply electroless nickel to a number of different steel substrates. We routinely demagnetize the parts before placing them in the plating bath. Recently one of our chemical vendors suggested that we were wasting money by doing this since electroless nickel does not seem to be harmed by magnetic substrates. What are your thoughts?
Read MoreSeeds in the Paint Film
We have a coating line in our shop. For one of our customers, we recondition equipment cabinets. When we spray dark colored topcoats, we often find defects in the form of seeds on the surface. This doesn’t seem to happen when we spray light colors. Another problem we have from time to time is dust. What must we do to get seed-free and dust-free paint jobs?
Read MoreEmissions Equipment
I am looking for advice on emission equipment to meet 10 pounds per day requirement for releasing isopropyl alcohol. Our current process emits about 30 pounds per day of isopropyl alcohol into the air.
Read MoreCleaning Spray Can Nozzles
I use a lot of spray cans and remedied it rather simply. I have never had a stoppage since doing this and it saves the mess of cleaning up or turning the can upside down and wasting its contents.
Read MoreStill Valuable
Vapor degreasing remains the cleaning process of choice in some applications
Read MoreSpent Bulbs as Hazwaste Part II
In your reply to DW in the January issues (“Spent Bulbs as Hazwaste”), you stated that New York and California mandates that all spent fluorescent bulbs are to be recycled no matter their mercury content. That statement is partially true. In New York there is an exemption for small businesses.
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