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    Ask Joe Powder
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    Our popular Ask Joe Powder blog has made its way to the pages of PCI magazine. What are your powder coating questions and challenges? 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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    Using Reclaimed Powder

    Kevin Biller
    June 7, 2022
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    Our popular Ask Joe Powder blog has made its way to the pages of PCI magazine. What are your powder coating questions and challenges? 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

    Kevin Biller
    February 3, 2022
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    Our popular Ask Joe Powder blog has made its way to the pages of PCI magazine. What are your powder coating questions and challenges? 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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    Are Prop 65 Labels Required After Powder Paint Cures?

    January 5, 2022
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    Have been reading you for some time and thought I’d bounce a Proposition 65 question off of you. Do you know if the need for Prop 65 warning labels in California are required “after” powder paint cures?
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    Can a second touchup coat be applied after first coat has cured?

    November 30, 2021
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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 first coat has cured?
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    Is There Residual TGIC in a Cured Powder Coating?

    October 22, 2021
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    I have a product that is used in the garden/composting space, and some of my customers are extremely finicky, so trying to understand if there are any residual TGIC issues. Is TGIC still actively toxic once the polyester powder cure has been oven cured?
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    Powder Coatings and Covid-19

    September 20, 2021
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    Here in Pakistan, the situation is again affecting with Covid-19. I need your expert guidelines for working on some new projects in powder coating R&D.  What do you suggest? Which segment should we focus our work? Kindly share some ideas and hints.
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