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National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls: An Opportunity to Save Lives and Improve our Industry
National Safety Stand Down For the past several years, OSHA has promoted an annual National Safety Stand-Down. The focus of this year’s National Stand-Down was ...
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Painting Wet on Wet …Really? [Exploring the Myths]
Don’t feel like reading? Click above to listen to this article! Do your friends still joke that you go to work simply to watch paint ...
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KTA Lunch N’ Learn Webinar: Understanding SSPC Abrasive Blast Cleaning Standards and SSPC-VIS 1
Learning Objectives for this SSPC Abrasive Blast Cleaning Standards Webinar include: -Understand the written SSPC abrasive blast cleaning standards -Understand the use of SSPC-VIS 1, ...
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KTA Lunch N’ Learn Webinar: Paint Removal From Masonry Substrates
This Lunch N’ Learn Webinar on Paint Removal from Masonry Substrates has the Following Learning Objectives: -Identify SSPC/NACE, ASTM, and ICRI standards and guidelines applicable to ...
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Surface Cleanliness – Knowing When It’s Clean Enough to Coat
Using project specs and standards to achieve surface cleanliness before coating application is the focus of the newest installment in the PaintSquare Video Learning Center ...
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The Case of the Mysterious Hailstones [Premature Coating Failure]
Specification writers, contractors, and coating manufacturers, at one time or another, have been blamed when installed coatings fail to meet service life expectations. However, rarely ...
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The “Whoas” of Solvent Entrapment and Release
Whoa! Hold on! How much thinner do you plan to add? What thinner do you plan to add? The data sheet says you can add ...
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Meeting Demands of Gas Exploration: The Evolution of Pipeline Coatings
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) has marked a new era of natural gas exploration. Through this technique, huge deposits of oil shale like the Marcellus and Utica, ...
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Spot Assessments of Ongoing Cleaning and Painting Projects
An ounce of inspection may be worth a pound of do-over. Cleaning and painting commercial buildings comes with extensive challenges. The paint does not always ...
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