Feature Articles

Custom Masking Helps Hixson Soar

Boosts productivity at aerospace finishing shop

Filter BEFORE the Plating Tank

How to reduce hazardous waste, while extending life of pretreatment solutions, to improve the quality of metal deposition.

Make Your Own Hooks and Racks

Wire bending machine may make it not only possible, but profitable

Precision Painting at Precision Entry

Doors get durable finishes in a variety of colors

Diagnose, Then Cure the Estate Tax Disease
A dreaded disease is spreading like wildfire—in all 50 of the United States.

Consolidation’s the Right Thing
It’s hard to believe I’ve been involved in the finishing industry for a year now.

Pretreatment Switch Nets Six-Figure Annual Savings

One-step cleaner/phosphate system pays off at Microfinish

Spray Guns for Liquid Paint

Featuring air atomize, HVLP, Airless, Air Assisted Airless, electrostatic spray gun and more…

Nanotech Pretreatment Aimed at Aluminum

Said to equal or exceed performance of chromium-containing formulations