New coatings technology probably means that we need to approach how we build things as well as how we spray things in the booth.

Bernie challenges himself and readers to take a look at air assisted airless technology for applying low-vis wood coatings.

Areas where the grain of the wood allows the stain to enter easiest are susceptible to blotched, uneven staining.

PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has raised prices an average of 2% to 10% on all its liquid, powder and electrocoat (E-coat) products in the Asia/Pacific region.

This is the third installment of a series on new products that I recently tested. Pigmented conversion varnish is our subject for this week.

For months I have asked that you stay tuned because I would report back when I had the opportunity to spray some new water-borne urethane products.

This is the first in a series of blogs about testing two new wood coatings, EnviroMax and EnviroVar. This series will give you a glimpse of what happens when you actually pick up the gun and spray.

Once the expiration date for a wood coating has been reach, the performance of that coating will begin to fall off. Can more catalyst be added to reactivate it?

This is the time of year when I occasionally hear about blushing, which happens on those warm Fall days when the temperature is still up but it rains or is damp.

For those who use water-borne coatings, the use of additives isn’t always the most productive. With the arrival of cooler weather, let’s take a look at what my friend from Tillamook, which is on the Oregon Coast and is known for cheese, dairies and cool coastal weather, taught me.