Wanting to Shine
How can I remove the factory coating from a 1972 ford truck aluminum grill shell so I can re-polish it?
#automotive
HAZY EMBLEMS
How can I prevent a hazy appearance when I gold plate car emblems and small items found around the home?
#automotive
Automotive Finishing: Flex, Phantoms & Beyond
Whether it’s the Ford Flex or the Rolls-Royce Phantom, finish is key to customer acceptability
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Auto or Manual?
We are trying to decide between automatic and manual powder application equipment.
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HVLP For Automotive Refinishing
If you were to advise a painter who has to work with high-solids, low-VOC coatings and/or water-based paints and primers on how to select an HVLP, what would you suggest he look for? What selection criteria should he use?
#automotive
Tech Notes: Autodeposition Update
Process could replace e-coat for auto body apps, developer says?
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“SLICK” E-COAT
We manufacture fasteners used on trucks and other heavy equipment. We are currently using a dip spin painting process. One of our customers has suggested we consider having them coated with cathodic epoxy electrocoating. Apparently the E-coat film is so good that it creates too much friction. Is there an E-coat material that might be available for applications like this?
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Blistering Around Seams
I work at a large automotive manufacturer and was recently assigned to the phosphate and E-coat process. Occasionally we are getting blisters on the top right corners of the hatches. The blisters form right where the weld seam is. Could you give us some suggestions for things to consider?
#automotive
Cement Truck Finish
We are having paint problems. These problems run from primer and paint peeling to severe rusting. Before we order any painting and metal preparation equipment, we need to know the materials to use and procedures to follow to improve our paint finish.
#automotive
Five Principles of Lean Manufacturing from Toyota Production Systems
Fostering Sustainable business and People success through new ways of thinking
#sustainability #automotive
System Synergy
Robot, programming, hardware and materials developments boost automotive finishing
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Paint Blistering On Plastic Bumpers
We are a painting subcontractor for automotive plastic parts—bumpers, door handles, side mirrors, and so on—here in the Philippines. After about three months, blisters appear on the surface of the part. The problem is on the rear bumper only. Prior to painting, we noticed that the primer on the rear bumper is thinner than the front. Could you please help us find the cause of the problem?
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Excessive Coating Problems
We are coating automotive components. We are in the process of trying to complete a new order for coating of shock absorber springs for motorcycles. The problem we are facing is that the there is repulsion of powder from the inner side of the spring in some areas and also pinholing. What should I do to resolve the coating problem for the inner side of the spring?
#automotive
Through the Roof
Those of us who drive a vehicle with an internal combustion engine (essentially all of us, at least in the United States) are pretty much used to paying whatever the current price is for gasoline.
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Powder Removal Using Paint Stripper
I was reading your page on powder removal and was wonder if a regular automotive paint stripper would do the job.
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Loss of Gloss Over Aluminum Bonnets
I am the paint line manager of a company situated in the Middle East. The temperature here gets up to 55°C (131°F). We paint parts for motor vehicles. We have a problem with loss of gloss on painted parts. Why do we encounter this problem of loss of gloss when using waterborne basecoat system on aluminum bonnets?
#automotive
Automobile Painting Classes
There is an institute (Name Withheld) that will teach painting, custom painting, etc, but you must also sign up for their auto collision and refinishing course. Unfortunately, I learned that these courses would cost me $28,000 as quoted to me by the institute representative. I thought that was FAR too high, and will pursue your advised method of practicing and learning by trial and error, picking up pointers from people I meet, or technical books you can buy at the painter supply shops.
#education #automotive
Trends in Making Ultrasonic Frequency Work for You
Well-designed ultrasonic cleaning systems have a proven track record of delivering gentle yet thorough parts-cleaning without regulated solvents to industries as diverse as aerospace, electronics, automotive and coating.
#electronics #aerospace #automotive