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Ask Joe Powder: What Are Your Powder Coating Questions and Challenges?

Kevin Biller
March 25, 2024
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Can a steel powder-coated insert work inside pressure-treated lumber? The ChemQuest Group’s Joe Powder shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering questions sent in from around the world.


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Ask Joe Powder: What Are Your Powder Coating Questions and Challenges?

Kevin Biller
February 6, 2024
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What is the best respiratory mask to be used during powder coating application? The ChemQuest Group’s Joe Powder shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering questions sent in from around the world.


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Ask Joe Powder: What Are Your Powder Coating Questions and Challenges?

Kevin Biller
November 20, 2023
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Is there a particle size that would lend itself to consistency of film thickness on wire assemblies? Can an e-coated vehicle shell be shipped overseas and painted at the destination? The ChemQuest Group’s Joe Powder shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering questions sent in from around the world.


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Ask Joe Powder: What is the Best Way to Degrease Steel and Aluminum Prior to Coating?

September 6, 2023
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Is moisture an important measurement in the manufacturing of powder coatings? What is the best way to degrease steel and aluminum prior to powder coating? Joe Powder, aka Kevin Biller of ChemQuest Powder Coating Research, shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering questions like these sent in from around the world.



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Ask Joe Powder: Recoating Wrinkle Finishes

Kevin Biller
July 17, 2023
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We currently use a "midnight black” wrinkle powder coating supplied by a major powder producer. Can a second touchup coat be applied after the first coat has cured? Read the answer to this question and more in this edition of Ask Joe Powder. 


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Ask Joe Powder: Have You Come Across Hydrophobic Additives for Powder Coating?

Kevin Biller
May 10, 2023
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Joe Powder, aka Kevin Biller of ChemQuest Powder Coating Research, shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering questions sent in from around the world.


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Ask Joe Powder: Is There Any Way to Reduce the Hardness of a Powder Coating?

Kevin Biller
March 21, 2023
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A reader from Vietnam asks Joe if there is a way to reduce the hardness of powder coatings. She is using a polyester resin for a powder coating with a pencil hardness of 3H. However, her customer requires 1H hardness.



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Powder coatings used on wood?

Kevin Biller
January 9, 2023
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I have a technical question to ask. I hope you have the answer. I read some non-technical articles mentioning powder coatings used on wood. How is this possible when wood is a non-magnetic material?


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How powder will charge in a corona-type gun

Kevin Biller
December 12, 2022
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What are your powder coating questions and challenges? Joe Powder shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering questions sent in from around the world.


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Is TGIC powder coating safe?

Kevin Biller
September 2, 2022
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I am new to powder coating technology. I was reading an on-line article on polyester powder coatings, and I see your name is mentioned in the article.
My question is: Is TGIC powder coating safe?


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