January, 2007

• Starving a Paint Spray Booth of Air
• Protecting Safety Shoes from Corrosion
• Calculating VOC from an MSDS That Provides Specific Gravity
• Skid Resistant Traffic Marking Paint

February, 2007

• Touchup of Inorganic Zinc Primer
• Powder Coating Alternatives for CARC
• Safety Information for Polyurethanes
• Orifice for Ford Viscosity Cup
• Paint Wrinkling When Applied Over Itself
• Calculating Paint Coverage Rates
• Application of Inorganic Zinc Primer
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Powder Coating Operations
• Spray Gun Application Techniques
• Bowing of Aluminum Extrusions During Powder Coating
• When to Clean a Spray Booth
• Spray Booth Specifications

March, 2007

• Painting Plexiglas®  (Perspex)
• Paints for Salt Water Protection
• Removing Paint from Concrete
• Long Lasting Pavement Marking Paints
• Quality Control of Paint Finishes
• EPA Requirements for Spray Painting of Filled Silicone Coatings
• Color Matching for Silk Screening
• What is VOC?

April, 2007

• Coating a New Concrete Floor
• Dry Film Thickness (DFT) of Paint of Steel Vessel
• Cleaning an Airless Paint Sprayer
• Viscosity of Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Thinning Latex Paint with Water -- Spraying with Airless Sprayer
• Painting Over Powder Coated Metal
• Aluminum Siding

May, 2007

• Cracking of "Lacquer"
• Do I Need a Spray Booth?
• Laboratory Testing of MIL SPEC Paints and Coatings

July, 2007

• Restoring Anodized Bumpers with Clearcoat
• VOC Exempt Solvents for Can Coatings
• Curing of MIL-DTL-64159 Polyurethane in Fluid Line

August, 2007

• Lacquer Thinner MSDS Question
• RTV Spray Particle Size
• Percent Weight Solids Test
• Solvent (VOC) Retention During Production

September, 2007

• How to Restore a Stained Powder Coated Table Top?
• Paint Plastic Window Frame on Stanley Steel Doors
• What Does RAL Stand For?
• Comparison of Volatility

October, 2007

• Painting an Acrylic Roof Coating Over Asphaltic Patches
• Aluminum Preparation
• Zinc Phosphate
• MIL-P-23377 Epoxy Primer
• Bonding to CARC Paint
• Patchy Looking Polyurethaned Floor
• Black Reflective Paint for a Speed Bump
• Chromate Breakdown at High Temperature
• Calculating Percent Weight of VOC
• Zinc Phosphate & Oil Coating
• Highway Pavement Markings
• Poor Paint
• Paint Efficiencies for HVLP Sprayers
• Calculating Weight of Dry Paint
• Polyurethaning Painted Outdoor Furniture

November, 2007

• Clear Coat Bubbles
• Repainting Fuel Tanks
• Flat Paint or Primer?
• Orange Peel Look in Automotive Paint
• Epoxy Phenolic Vs. Red oxide

December, 2007

• Recirculated Air in a Spray Booth
• Paint Booth Permitting
• Liquid Paint Trends
• Converting Colours from FED-STD to RAL
• Refinishing a Clawfoot Bathtub
• Clear Paint Templates to Gauge Dirt in Paint
• Are Clear Coats Hazardous to Your Health?
• Painting an Aluminum Beam on a Catamaran
• Paint Booth with a Waterfall
• Clear Coat Application
• Painting Plastic Surfaces
• Product Compliance
• IR (Infrared) Paint
• Calculating Thickness
• Mil-P-53022 & Fungus Growth
• Painting Over Powder Coated Frames in Hospital Environment

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