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Pretreatment Before Powder
A customer has just purchased a powder coating plant. The steel is being stored outside and is very rusty prior to powder coating. Please provide recommendations for pre-treatment prior to powder coat.
Ask an Expert Published: 12/1/2008
Cleaning Aluminum Castings
I’d like to know what cleaning problems result in bad powder coating, or what tests we can do to ensure good cleaning.
Ask an Expert Published: 4/1/2008
Removing Rust, Mill Scale And Oils In One Step
I always see the typical pretreatment stages to be a cleaner, rinse, phosphate, rinse, sealer, rinse or not. Nowhere do I see anything to deal with the rust and mill scale from the HRS steel. Is there a product that removes the rust, mill scale and ...
Ask an Expert Published: 2/1/2007
Blisters And Creep On Aluminum Castings
We have repeatedly failed a 336-hour salt spray test on an aluminum casting. We use an immersion bath iron phosphate conversion coating (soap, rinse, phosphate, rinse) and urethane powder coating. The results have consistently been blisters and si...
Ask an Expert Published: 2/1/2007
Pros and Cons for Ambient Temp Pretreatment
Can you explain to me the pro’s and con’s of room-temperature-pretreatment?
Ask an Expert Published: 10/1/2006
Nanoceramic Pretreatment
I have been informed about nanoceramic pretreatment prior powder painting. Any experience? Is it really good? Where is the catch?
Ask an Expert Published: 4/1/2006

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