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Items from 2007

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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