Measuring Dry Film Coating Thickness According to SSPC-PA 2

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Obama Urges Faster Track for Projects

May 21, 2013

OSHA Impostor Gets Prison Term

May 21, 2013

Blasting Helmet Helps Keep Users Cool

May 22, 2013

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T Schwerdt on SBA Lifts Award Caps for Women Owners
A bit misleading. A WOSB could have been awarded any size contract they wer...
T Schwerdt on Obama Urges Faster Track for Projects
I read elsewhere that this streamlining will cut 3 years off the required p...
J Triebe on Patti is the name of a girl, but in coating work, it also functions as an acronym. For what?
ASTM 4541 is about adhesion testing. How could it be anything other than se...
B Beck on Patti is the name of a girl, but in coating work, it also functions as an acronym. For what?
PATTI is an acronym used for both Pneumatic Adhesion Tensile Testing Instru...
S Bushnell on Blasting Helmet Helps Keep Users Cool
Is this the same helmet Bullard launched over a year ago and then it failed...
T Leise on Patti is the name of a girl, but in coating work, it also functions as an acronym. For what?
Two answers possible.
J GINIES on Patti is the name of a girl, but in coating work, it also functions as an acronym. For what?
PATTI is also used for "Pneumatic Adhesion Tensile Testing Instrument" !
C F. on Contractor Fined in Tank Worker’s Death
This is not ONLY OSHA's responsibility. This government agency has been dec...
J Fauth on Obama Urges Faster Track for Projects
How bad has regulation become when government complains about it?
K Judt on Contractor Fined in Tank Worker’s Death
So is OSHA waiting for the "3rd strike" for this company to be suspended/ l...

Hydrostatic Unit for Rugged Conditions

May 16, 2013

SSPC Updates Mineral Abrasive Spec

May 10, 2013

How-to Helps Measure Surface Profile

May 6, 2013

NLB Announces New WaterJet Series

Apr 30, 2013

Is there a place for using “rust convertors” in heavy-duty maintenance projects?

Apr 22, 2013

How-to Helps Measure Surface Conditions

May 20, 2013

Graco Adds 2 Portable Airless Sprayers

May 3, 2013

‘Stupid,’ ‘Bizarre’ Lines Draw Laughs

May 3, 2013

Binks Releases New Pumps, Expands Line

May 2, 2013

Paint Shop Tax Fraud Nets 8-Year Term

Apr 30, 2013

Hull Holes Laid to Coating Damage

May 14, 2013

How does the concave or convex curvature of a surface affect the dry film thickness reading?

May 6, 2013

Dirty Secrets of the ‘Q’ Word

Apr 25, 2013

Bay Bridge Bolts Lacked Extra Testing

Apr 22, 2013

Free Videos Offer Film Thickness Demos

Apr 22, 2013

Spray Booth Hazards Draw $119K Fine

May 21, 2013

Corrosion Cracking Shuts Nuke Reactor

May 20, 2013

ASA Advises Contractors on ‘Obamacare’

May 17, 2013

Contractor Fined in Tank Worker’s Death

May 15, 2013

Old Paint Sites Get EPA Cleanup Funds

May 14, 2013

Bids Invited for Covered Bridge Rehab

May 21, 2013

Worms Make $3M Meal of Bridge

May 20, 2013

The Robotic Future of Bridge Inspection

May 17, 2013

Lights Bridge Art and Infrastructure

May 17, 2013

Work Crew Destroys Ancient Pyramid

May 16, 2013

Winners to Pay $10M in Lead Paint Suit

May 20, 2013

Should the surfaces of flanges be coated to prevent corrosion? Why or why not?

May 20, 2013

Merger Mania, and Why It Matters

May 16, 2013

Industrial No Help to Valspar in Q2

May 15, 2013

AkzoNobel Paint Targets Renewable Oils

May 14, 2013

Agency Wants Out of Botched $120M Hub

Apr 30, 2013

Shipyard Moguls Held in Grit Dumping

Apr 22, 2013

$1.6M Brings Hoppy Ending to Frog Flap

Apr 18, 2013

Concrete Maker to Pay $835K Water Fine

Apr 8, 2013

Exxon Fined $1.7M in Yellowstone Leak

Mar 28, 2013

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