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Items from 2003

December, 2003

November, 2003

  • Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors
  • Are VCIs Considered Coatings?
  • Paint Removal from Aircraft Skin
  • Automotive Paint for Interior Bedroom Walls
  • Painting Raw Aluminum Louvers
  • Starting a Painting Company
  • Changing the Gloss of a Wood Finish
  • Measuring Viscosity of Lacquers
  • Booth Oven Splilt in Automotive Painting Operation
  • Finding Mil-Specs and Federal Standard Specifications
  • Finishing Wooden Cedar Chest
  • Painting Over Dry Rot
  • Intumescent Paint
  • Measuring Dry Film Thickness on Aluminum Sand Castings
  • Paint System Change on Aircraft Skin
  • Eliminating Odors From Wood Cabinets
  • Improving Efficiency of Automotive Paint Spray Operations
  • Painting Over Formica
  • Measuring Orange Peel Levels of Paint
  • Painting Neoprene Rubber
  • Application of Epoxy Coating at Low Temperature
  • Powder Coating vs. Baked Coating
  • October, 2003

  • Painting Aluminum Roof to Reduce Glare
  • Painting Copper for Electrical Insulation
  • Permits for Expanding Paint and Printing Facility
  • Dry Film Thickness of Paints and Coatings
  • Calculating Paint Coverage
  • Avoid Tiger Striping or Striping of Paint Finish
  • Federal Standard 595a Color Standard
  • Repainting Old Tin Roof
  • Painting Aluminum
  • Volatile Compounds
  • Converting Dry Film Thickness to Wet Film Thickness
  • Difference between Zinc Plate, Zinc Chromate and Dichromate
  • Removing Glue from Concrete Floor
  • Vinyl Zinc Chromate Primer
  • Amending Air Permits
  • September, 2003

  • Clear Coating Over Epoxy Floor
  • Powder and Wet Spray Booth
  • Specified Paint Thickness
  • Measuring Viscosity with Ford #4 Cup (Viscometer)
  • Painting "Bricks" on New Concrete
  • Teak Cleaning
  • Comparison of House Paints
  • Painting Plywood Floor
  • Painting Aluminum Boat
  • Painting Metal, Steel Doors
  • Latex Paint - Industrial Hygiene - Health Risks
  • Applying Nitrocellulose Lacquers - Spray Booth Fires
  • Paint Viscosity Conversions
  • Spray Booths and Water Based Coatings
  • VOC in House Paint
  • HVLP Sprayers and Transfer Efficiency
  • Selecting High Quality House Paint
  • New Paint Line - Permits and Regulations
  • August, 2003

  • Intumescent Paint
  • Air Changes in Spray Booth
  • Specifications for Spray Booth Filters
  • EPA Compliance Determinations
  • Airflow (Velocity) in Spray Booth and HVLP Spray Guns
  • Food Grade Epoxies
  • Removing Mold From Paint
  • Selecting House Paints
  • Solvents to Clean Spray Equipment
  • Painting Over Melamine Desk Top
  • OXSOL 100 for Solvent Washing
  • Non-Atomized Sprayer and Silicone
  • Painting a Tin Roof
  • Removing Paint from Cast Iron
  • Exterior Home Paints
  • July, 2003

  • Federal Standard (Fed Std) Color Cards
  • Painting Polyolefins
  • Painting Aluminum Siding
  • Yellowing of Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Buying a Paint Spray Gun
  • Painting in Marine Environment Using Epoxy Coating
  • Painting Concrete Block Walls
  • Painting Aluminum
  • Paint Spray Booth Air Velocity
  • Passivation of 10/10 or 10/18 Steel
  • Paint Failure Over Zinc-Rich Primer
  • Airless Spray Gun Strainer
  • Painting Steel Storage Tanks
  • Paint Emissions From an Aircraft Spray Painting Operation
  • Word War II Paint Specifications
  • VOC Compliant Products
  • Painting Wood for Marine Exposure
  • Measuring Transfer Efficiency
  • Measuring Viscosity of Coatings
  • Spray Booth Problems
  • June, 2003

  • Airless Paint Sprayer Problems
  • Where to Download Milspecs
  • Finishing Maple Wood Furniture
  • Selection of Paint Spray Respirator
  • Scratch Resistant Coating for Stainless Steel
  • Concrete Paints & Coatings
  • Painting a Mural on Concrete
  • Oleoresinous Oil Based Paints
  • Measuring and Specifying Dry Film Thickness
  • FDA Approved Paints
  • Plexiglass Cleaning/Restoration
  • Painting Plexiglass Plastic
  • Paints for Food Factory
  • Painting a Bass Drum
  • Zinc-Rich Primer vs. Zinc Metal Spray
  • May, 2003

  • Temperature Resistance of Zinc Chromate Paints
  • Paint Line Cleaners - Surface Pretreatment
  • Powder Coating Defects - Pin Holing
  • Evaluating Pretreatment Cleaners
  • Paint Stripping (Removal) From Concrete
  • Wood Finishing - Paint for Milled Wood
  • Infra-Red Absorbing Coating
  • Getting Rid of Odors
  • Flushing Solvents in Fluid Hose of Spray Gun
  • Preventing Mold in Bathrooms
  • CARC Coatings
  • Zinc-Rich Primers
  • Scales for Paint Manufacturing
  • Wet Spray Booth for Powder Coating
  • Capture Efficiency of Waterwash Spray Booth
  • Developing a Paint Finish Specification
  • April, 2003

  • Pressure Setting for Spray Guns
  • Spray Booth Design - Interlocking Doors
  • Comparison of UV Resistant Paints
  • Camouflage Paint
  • Paint and Coating Dry Film Thickness
  • Finishing Hardwood Floors
  • Hexavalent Chrome, Wash Primers
  • Painting Wooden Furniture
  • Spray Booth Air Flow Rate
  • Peelable Latex Coating for Spray Booths
  • Painting New and Aged Concrete
  • Painting Concrete Basement Floor
  • Removing Exterior Latex Paint From Wall
  • March, 2003

  • Coating for a Marine Environment
  • Permits for Painting Buildings and Archetectural Structures
  • Is there lead in automotive paints?
  • Dry Film Thickness
  • Painting Concrete
  • Reflective Paint - Glass Beads
  • Concrete Floor Coating for Medical Facility
  • Painting Galvanized Steel Beams for Salt Water Environment
  • Reflective Paint for Light Fixtures
  • Interior Paints
  • Safety & Health - Polyurethanes
  • Health Hazards of Calcium Carbonate
  • Painting Concrete Blocks - Chemical Coating
  • Sour Paint Odor
  • Transfer Efficiency, (Transfer Rate) of Paints and Coatings
  • February, 2003

  • Protecting Steel Tubes with Zinc of Galvanizing
  • Painting on Plexiglass
  • Acid Etch Primer for Zinc Chromate, Iron Phosphate
  • Surface Preparation for Zinc-Rich Primer
  • Starting a Paint Contracting Business
  • UV Resistant Coating for Wood
  • Painting Over Smoke Residue
  • Non-Chromate Primer for Composite and Aluminum Surfaces
  • January, 2003

  • Epoxy Color Specification for Aerospace Component
  • Spray Booth Filter Change - NESHAP
  • Permitting Portable Spray Booths
  • Question Concerning the publications Modern Paints and Coatings
  • Lead in Paint
  • Converting from Conventional to HVLP Spray Guns
  • Quality of Interior House Paints
  • Repairing Rusty Steel Flashing
  • Acid-Etch Resistant Paint for Aluminum
  • Curing Tme for Polyurethane Coated Floors
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