Measuring Dry Film Coating Thickness According to SSPC-PA 2

This article gives a brief review of the history of SSPC-PA 2 and describes the five steps to measur...

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Firm Told to Rehire Nuke Whistleblower

May 24, 2013

PPG Broadens Antifouling Line

May 24, 2013

Contractors Get 3 Years in Navy Bribery

May 24, 2013

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B Russell on Painter Electrocuted on Bridge Project
Prayers to the family of our fallen Brother.
j bray on Painter Electrocuted on Bridge Project
Agree 100% on a job like that you have to be Zero Tolerance. I stole that p...
D Crusan on Painter Electrocuted on Bridge Project
We must enforce a 2 man rule. It may not have saved this gentleman, but we...
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j schinner on True or false? According to the Coatings Encyclopedic Dictionary, the volatile portion of the liquid vehicle of a coating is called the binder.
The binder is the film-forming part of a coating: commonly referred to as t...
M Mellott on Patti is the name of a girl, but in coating work, it also functions as an acronym. For what?
I always thought it was Pull-off Adhesion Tensile Testing Instrument
j hutcheson on Obama Urges Faster Track for Projects
at the speed and rate the government works they might get some part of it i...
D Puracchio on Blasting Helmet Helps Keep Users Cool
Patrick, the gentleman in this photo is a professional blaster who demonstr...
D Puracchio on Blasting Helmet Helps Keep Users Cool
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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

Court Battle Pits Elcometer, TQC-USA

May 22, 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

Painter Electrocuted on Bridge Project

May 23, 2013

Blasting Helmet Helps Keep Users Cool

May 22, 2013

Spray Booth Hazards Draw $119K Fine

May 21, 2013

OSHA Impostor Gets Prison Term

May 21, 2013

Corrosion Cracking Shuts Nuke Reactor

May 20, 2013

Report: Construction Disputes Lengthen

May 23, 2013

Women Contractors Get Break from Feds

May 23, 2013

Bids Invited for Covered Bridge Rehab

May 21, 2013

Obama Urges Faster Track for Projects

May 21, 2013

Worms Make $3M Meal of Bridge

May 20, 2013

Blinded by Light, Copper Resists Rust

May 22, 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

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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