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Main Topic: Surface Preparation

News (143)

Research Betters Blast Media Reclamation

New research, completed by Michael Clarke, a mechanical engineer at the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, in Jacksonville, Florida, recently revealed that more blasting media could be reclai...

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Blogs (9)

Wet, Dry, Other: A Surface Prep Primer

by Lee Wilson

There is a vast rage of surface preparation methods widely used within the industry t...

Dusting Off an Old Standard

by Lee Wilson

Coatings generally fail in direct proportion to their lack of adhesion. It’s rather s...

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Daily Quiz (332)

True or false: “Working mix” and “operating mix” denote the same thing.

True or false: In North America, there are three hand- and power-tool cleaning standards.

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Weekly Poll (9)

A group of workers and environment and public health advocates recently notified the Environmental Protection Agency of its intent to sue the agency over its failure to finalize a ban on the use of methylene chloride in paint strippers. Do you think enough action has been taken against methylene chloride to date?

How do you decide what media to use on a given abrasive blasting job?

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Problem Solving Forum (93)

What is the best low-maintenance approach to coating power-tool-cleaned field weld joints on process pipework that is protected with thermal-sprayed aluminum?

What is the best way to achieve proper surface preparation in areas with limited access, such as interior box beams on bridges?

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Articles (90)

Office to Field: Lost in Translation

from JPCL, August 2018 ; by Troy Fraebel, ABKaelin, LLC

The Effect of Surface Preparation Grades of Weld Seam on Coating Performance

from JPCL, July 2018 ; by Sang-Moon Shin, Chung-Seo Park, Seung-Gon Choo, Eun-Ha Song and Han-Jin Bae, Hyundai Heavy Industries

According to the international surface prepa-ration standard for welds, preparation g...

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Events (19)

WJTA-IMCA Conference and Expo

November 1 - November 2, 2018

WJTA-IMCA 2017

October 25 - October 27, 2017

Free Webinar: Personal Protective Equipment for Abrasive Blasting

May 17, 2017

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Resource Guides (7)

E-Book: Achieving Efficiency in Abrasive Blast Cleaning

This eBook consists of articles from the Journal of...

E-Book: Selecting the Right Abrasive

This eBook consists of articles from the Journal of Protective Coatings & Lini...

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Videos (7)

Video Learning Center (8)

Application: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

The PaintSquare Pro Video Series: A collection of technical presentations hosted by PaintSquare.com in cooperation with SSPC

A collection of archived webinars hosted by PaintSquare.com focused on coatings application.

Coatings Technology: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

The PaintSquare Pro Video Series: A collection of technical presentations hosted by PaintSquare.com in cooperation with SSPC

A collection of archived webinars hosted by PaintSquare.com focused on coatings technology and their applications.

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SOLUTIONS THAT WORK

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