Industrial Coatings Finishing Basics Many different terms are used for the gloss level of an industrial coating. In the past, the terms flat, low sheen, semi-gloss, gloss and full gloss were used by manufacturers to describe the gloss level. Today, we have a number of additional descriptions which are used to describe the gloss levels…
Finding Solutions to Coating Application Problems I Aexcel
Finding Solutions to Coating Application Problems A Coating Application Experience When a coating fails to work correctly for the chosen substrate, the application process is usually at fault. Finding ways to solve these types of issues without increasing cost and manufacturing product-line production time proves difficult, yet can be done! Let’s look at a unique…
3 Things to Consider When Taking a Tolling Partner | Aexcel
The outsourcing of support functions for any business oftentimes makes sense, depending on the answer to this question: do the benefits outweigh the costs? Even if coatings is the core service that a company offers, many times, benefits come from outsourcing.
4 Reasons You Should Think Twice Before You Skip the Primer | Aexcel
Priming Can Be as Important as Any Other Step in the Coating Process Applying industrial coatings in manufacturing is one of the many steps to getting a product ready to ship. And though the coating process is just one of those many steps, the technology within the coating process may have a number of steps…