As the old saw goes, the proper tools make the job; this applies to painting as well. Purchase quality tools and materials. DIYers save on labor costs and can easily justify paying the price of quality tools. Tool quality and price vary ...
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InnoVoc Solutions, a division of Gordon Composites, Inc., launched a new technology for powder coating plastics, composites and other non-conductive substrates. This licensed technology makes non-metallic substrates temporarily conductive ...
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Understand product basics: what a primer is, what functions it serves, and how the marketing hype underserves the consumer. The latest trend in the paint industry is "paint and primer in one," and it has proven to be quite the controversy. ...
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Coatings technology provides improved corrosion resistance. Painting metal substrates provides an attractive appearance and also imparts corrosion resistance. Painted metal articles, such as railings, mailboxes, athletic stadiums and window ...
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Phil McDivitt, general manager, Celanese Emulsion Polymers, talks about the resins market and Celanese’s role in it. Coatings World: Has the resins market showed any signs of recovery from the economic downturn? Phil McDivitt, general ...
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Milk-based paint is touted as the new mainstream alternative to conventional oil and latex-based paints. Although this commercial painting solution does have some advantages – particularly for facility managers with the weight of ...
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If you're looking for a portable heater to decrease the chill in your workspace or a small room in your home, you have two general options: convection and radiant. Choosing one over the other depends primarily on whether you want to heat ...
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"To filter or not to filter?" That is the question - or is it? The real question we need to ask ourselves is, what type of filtration do we need? In today's engineering climate, most of us will have to learn something about filtration. Most ...
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The demand for acrylic resins in European Union (EU) follows the down-grade trend. In 2010 the demand amounted to 471,800 tons. Within 2006-2010 periods the alkyd resins consumption decreased by 30%. The decline is reasoned partly by ...
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Ceresana Research forecasts that the global pigment market will earn revenues of more than US$45 billion in 2018. In 2010, the Asia Pacific region was the largest market area, generating approximately 45 percent of the global demand for ...
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"To filter or not to filter?" that is the question - or is it? The real question we need to ask ourselves is, what type of filtration do we need? In today's engineering climate, most of us will have to learn something about filtration. Most ...
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Flame retardants are used in numerous everyday products such as cell phones, carpets and insulating sheets to prevent them from being burnt or at least to slow down a fire in an emergency. As more and more plastics and other flammable ...
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Modern fillers are increasingly used to improve the technical properties of filled materials. As a result, the filler market will grow by about 2.5 percent per year, according to Ceresana Research. Emerging countries, spearheaded by China ...
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The domestic waterborne coatings market in China is valued at approximately USD 2.3 billion in revenues as of year-end 2010, or roughly 1.2 million tons, according to a recent report by GCiS China Strategic Research. Acrylic-based ...
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Colors that are clear, pure and rich are featured in Benjamin Moore's latest color palette. Benjamin Moore & Company says its new "eye-candy" palette, "Color Stories, " represents a breakthrough in color science. The palette is made up of ...
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