The PCI Blog is written by our team of editors, as well as industry contributors, and includes thought provoking opinions, trends, and essential paint and coatings industry information.
Exposure to hazardous toxins and dangerous machinery is prevalent for workers in the paint and coatings industry. The risks are more common in metal fabrication, sandblasting and coating, and auto body shop businesses.
The coatings industry – including paint – is just one of many industries that are slowly adapting to tech-friendly innovations. Now, with technological advances like Big Data, artificial intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning taking the digital world by storm, the paint and coatings industry can definitely benefit in more ways than one.
There
are so many reasons why a ceramic coating will provide you with the
ultimate combination of protection and aesthetic enhancement for your
vehicle. Unlike regular wax or protective sealants, a ceramic coating
is a polymer solution specifically engineered to bond with the
already existing factory paint of your vehicle.
Gloss is measured by an instrument called a glossmeter, which assigns a gloss unit (GU) to a specified surface. The GU scale of a glossmeter is based on a highly polished, reference black glass standard with a defined refractive index having a specular reflectance of 100 GU at the specified angle.
The
COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for the
professional coatings industry. With a heightened focus and
ever-changing protocols for cleaning surfaces in commercial
facilities, coatings must be able to withstand stronger disinfectants
used more frequently to help keep the employees and visitors at these
facilities safe.
On August 13, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new workplace guidelines. The new guidance focuses exclusively on unvaccinated or "otherwise at-risk workers." It also covers fully vaccinated personnel in "areas of substantial or high community transmission" as defined by the CDC.
Colors matter in the marketing world. There are brands that are initially associated by color. For instance, Target is synonymous with red and Home Depot is associated with orange. Selecting brand colors for marketing purposes sound simple, but it actually requires a lot of thought.
UV adhesives, put simply, are resins that polymerize or cure when exposed to ultraviolet light. They are widely used for industrial applications due to their fast curing property that ramps up the production rate.
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