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4 Considerations to Determine the Best Coating Solution

By Vince Todd, Sales Director Choosing a coating solution that doesn’t perform well for a specific application can lead to costly mistakes. This is why it is important to understand how and in what type of conditions the end product will need to perform. To determine the right coating solution for a specific job, these are the four big factors that must be considered: Will the end product b...
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How to Measure Iron Phosphate Coating Weight

By Mike Manetta, Target Account Executive When producing high-end aluminum and steel parts, such as those used in automotive manufacturing, there is no room for errors. A quality part must have a long, reliable shelf life. This means the part must have a durable metal coating that can resist corrosion. Pretreating aluminum and steel parts with an iron phosphate coating will increase the l...
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The Downfall of Using Different Paint Manufacturers on the Same Part

By Mike Manetta, Target Account Executive As a purchasing manager or plant supervisor, you have to answer to a lot of people. Pleasing your boss means keeping the cost down, while pleasing the guys on the line means finding the coating that will get the job done right the first time. Sometimes finding the right coating at the right price means purchasing coatings from different paint manuf...
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Navigate your business to growth with “GPS”

Lock on to the 10 coordinates that drive your business Are you working harder and harder at your business? Have you hit a plateau where all you see is a slippery slope of no growth on the backside? Do you really even know where you stand? “Circumstances (external forces) beyond our control” is the most common excuse used when a business begins to shake, falter or fail. Fact is; an overwhelming ma...
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What are the downsides of electrostatic spray painting?

By Justin Bryce, Account Executive As a business owner, you are always looking for ways to improve your bottom line and produce a superior product. Electrostatic spray painting is a smart way for businesses that apply coatings to metal to improve efficiency, drive down cost and become more environmentally friendly. Electrostatic spray painting is an ideal option if you manufacture any ty...
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Price Check Your Coatings: How to Calculate Cost per Square Foot

By Vince Todd, Jr., Vice President When you shop paint brands and compare prices, calculate cost per square foot to make sure your dollars go as far as they can. Comparing costs based solely on the price per gallon does not give you the full picture. This is because most of the volume of each gallon of paint is made up of solvent or water, which evaporates once the coat...
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Why is my Paint Blistering? Get to the Root Cause.

By Mike Manetta, Target Account Executive You’ve done everything you know how to prevent paint blistering. You primed, tested and timed everything just right — or so you thought. But every once in a while, you get bubbles and blisters. One of the most common questions we hear at Accessa is, “Why is my paint blistering?” The first step to fixing blistering paint is isolating the root cause....
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10 Ideas on how to improve productivity

Incremental steps improve your work/life “There’s a geometric progression in business: as your venture gets more complex, your day becomes more compressed. You are then more likely to run out of time before you accomplish what has to be done … then there’s always that quality-of-life issue lurking just over the horizon.” Productivity, and I would add, quality of life, are inextricably tied to the...
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Reclaimed wood is a “feel good” industry with patina to spare

The reclaimed wood industry is a classic niche, dominated by small yet industrious entrepreneurs. I’d characterize some of the better ones as outdoorsy artisans. A unique breed who regard their occupation as a “feel good” business. They care about the environment, are stubborn about sustainability, and generally seem to love a good adventure. To play in this rugged category requires a passion ...
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“Poke the Box”

Have the guts to ship You do more and more of your traditional factory tasks with automation. You’re an expert at acquiring raw resources and flipping it into goods for waiting customers. You have machines to do what machines do best. Thus, your value as a manager is reliant on your ability to communicate, negotiate and coordinate events with cohorts and select industry partners in a variety of s...
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