Pretreatment for Painting
Pretreatment Over Pretreatment, Part 2
Question: Your response to “Pretreatment Over Pretreatment” in the February Painting Clinic should be amended to warn him that running aluminum through an Iron phosphate spray washer would make the sludge in the washer a hazardous waste (according to an earlier comment you made about a year ago). I believe the problem is created by the definition of acid washing of aluminum is a categorical hazardous waste (by EPA definition). When he cleans the washer, all the sludge that is normally sent to the landfill or flushed down the sanitary sewer would be considered an illegal disposal of hazardous waste.
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Question: Just read your comment and response to C.O. in the January 2003 issue, Re: Plastisol Drips.
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The Advantages of Thermal Spray
Thermal spray technology is a cost-effective means to repair worn components and incorrectly machined parts.
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Question: I just finished reading your answer to B.L. in December’s issue of Products Finishing.
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Question: We are experiencing an unacceptable rate of paint failures of our crackle paint finish.
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Question: We are considering forming an assembly and then painting it rather than painting the individual parts before assembling.
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Safe Exhaust Recirculation of Manned Spray Booths
How to keep the cost of pollution control from hurting you…
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Question: Although we wouldn’t presume to usurp the formulating expertise of a coatings manufacturer nor the expertise of the experienced user, the item in your July 2002 column piqued our interest.
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