New Product Announcement: Disinfectant Sprayers

Paint sprayer and applicator company Wagner SprayTech recently announced that it has added a new series of four disinfectant sprayers to its product line.

Roller Coaster Casts Vote for Repaint

Local Pittsburgh amusement park, Kennywood Park, recently invited park visitors and roller coaster riders to vote on what color they believe the Phantom’s Revenge should be coated during the...

Nominations Open for 2021 Tank of the Year

In an emailed press release, protective coatings manufacturer Tnemec Company Inc. announced that it was accepting nominations for its 2021 Tank of the Year Competition. The call for nominati...

Multiple Planes of Adhesion: What You Need to Know When Selecting a Paint or Coating System

by Warren Brand

This is a blog not only about the risks associated with using multiple-coat paint sys...

Learning to Serve

by Warren Brand

When I started my corrosion mitigation consulting firm in 2010, I had one fundamental...

Featured in the July 2021 issued of JPCL, about how many gallons of paint were used for the coatings rehabilitation project at the Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station in North Carolina?

Recently, HMG Paints and Falcon Cranes partnered together for the recoating of this object:

A recent study has found that bird death from collisions with turbine blades dropped by 71.9% when one of the blades is painted black. Do you think that this technique will become popular?

UNStudio and Monopol Colors are currently showcasing “The Coolest White” paint—an extremely reflective white paint—in the “State of Extremes” in Israel’s Design Museum Holon’s Decennial Exhibition. Reported to prolong the lifecycle of urban building and structure coatings to 30 years, do you think the coating will be used in more future projects?

Does roller nap decrease the lifespan of a three-coat OZEU (organic zinc prime coat, an epoxy intermediate coat, and a urethane finish coat) paint system? Is there a visual guide or specification for this in the industry or test results available for study?

Is the MEK rub test a conclusive test to check the cure of IOZ coatings?

2021 Annual Directory of Industrial Painting Contractors

from JPCL, August 2021

This year’s JPCL Directory of Industrial Painting Contractors includes listings for m...

Lining Crude Oil Rail Tank Cars to Enhance Service Lives

from JPCL, April 2020 ; by Mike Manetta, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine

As crude oil production has increased in North America, more oil has been shipped by ...

The Evolution of Rail Transportation

The evolution of rail transportation through the years has resulted in the demand for various rail car types for shipping different equipment and commodities. Along with this d...

NACE Nonmetallics Virtual Seminar

September 29, 2020

Houston Coating Society Painters Competition

March 30, 2019

2017 DOD-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference

August 7 - August 10, 2017

E-Book: Protecting Industrial Structures with Polyurea

This eBook is a collection of JPCL articles ...

Resource Guide: Equipment Leasing & Rental Guide 2017

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Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on concrete coatings and maintenance.

Standard Practice for Preparation of Paint Brushes for Evaluation

issued by ASTM

4.1 Until the paint brush is fully conditioned and wetted with paint, only part of the paint lo...