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FinishingSpotlight:
Interview with Cleaningexpert Dr. John B. Durkee
(page 4) 
 
From the Forum:
Inside This Issue:
Note: The average worker with 20 x 20 vision can locate a coating defect 50 mi- crons in size and given enough time for a thor- ough visual inspection.The same worker in- specting fluorescent coating by black light can easily locate a de- fect 10 microns in size or smaller even in low light or during produc- tion painting opera- tions.
ENERGY SAVING PAINT
 Abstract
 A leading problem withthe use of protectivecoatings occurs whenstructure life exceedscoating life and createsa need for additionalrecoating operations tomaintain effective cor-rosion control.. Protec-tive Coatings NDT is alifetime maintenanceprogram that has beendeveloped to provideconsistent corrosionprotection for steelstructures based on theapplication and mainte-nance of one highlyspecialized coating sys-tem.PC/NDT uses a princi-pal of non-destructivetesting (NDT) wherefluorescence and black light illumination areused to locate surfacedefects. By integratinga defect detection indi-cator (fluorescence)into the original coat-ing formulation, black light inspections allowsworkers to inspectlarge or complex sur-faces in relatively shortperiod of time and de-termine exactly whereand when maintenanceis required.
MARCH 2008
 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2
Protective Coatings NDT
PROTECTIVECOATINGSNDT1INDUSTRY EVENTS2NEWS & NOTES3FINISHINGSPOTLIGHT4FROM THEFORUM6THE LASTWORD15
CONTENTS
 
Placement of  Anode Baskets
(page 6) 
ProtectiveCoatings NDT
(page 8) 
 
 
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FINISHING TALK
March 16-20:
Corrosion 2008New Orleans, Louisiana800.797.NACEcindy.euton@nace.orghttp://www.nace.org
March 18-20:
 3-Day Spray FinishingTechnology WorkshopMt. Wachusett Gardner, MA Ken Hanson at 978-630-9179khanson@mwcc.mass.edu
March 18-20:
 Process Technology ExpoCharlotte Convention CenterCharlotte, NCwww.ptxsouth.com
March 26-28:
 Nanotechnology in CoatingsOrlando, FLwww.coatingstech.com
March 31-April 1:
 Electroplating Know How BasicsGreenville, SCinfo@platingschool.comwww.platingschool.com
 April 1-3:
 Metal Form BirminghamJefferson Convention ComplexBirmingham, ALwww.metalform.com
 April 3-4:
 Electroplating Know How BasicsCincinnati, OHinfo@platingschool.comwww.platingschool.com
 April 9-10
 Powder Coating SchoolDenver, COsurfacefinishingacademy.com
 April 21-23:
 Coatings for Plastic SymposiumChicago, Illinois(888) 530-6714www.coatingsforplastics.com
 April 21-24:
 NA 2008I-X CenterCleveland, OHwww.nashow.com
Have an upcoming event? Tell us about it at: 
www.finishingtalk.com! 
 
INDUSTRY EVENTS 2008
 
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VOLUME
1
, ISSUE
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NEWS & NOTES
West Haven, CT 
Enthone Inc.celebrated the grand opening of itsadvanced plating applications labo-ratory with an open house at-tended by more than 150 custom-ers, state and local governmentofficials and company employees.The laboratory houses multipleplating lines that enable processingof functional, decorative and elec-tronic coatings on parts used inautomotive, plumbing, printed wir-ing board (PWB) and other appli-cations. It features dedicated linesfor plating-on-plastics, copper/nickel/chrome, passivation proc-esses, surface preparation chemis-try, zinc and zinc alloys, hardchrome and electroless nickel.
Washington, DC 
The National Association for Surface Finishing(NASF) has named Fred Barnes,political commentator and co-founder and executive editor of 
The Weekly Standard,
the keynotespeaker for the Washington Fo-rum, April 22–24. Barnes is set todeliver his speech on Wednesday, April 23, during a special luncheonat the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. Cur-rently, Barnes co-hosts (along withMort Kondracke) the "BeltwayBoys" on FOX News. He also hoststhe weekly radio show, "Issues inthe News" on Voice of America.Barnes appears regularly on FOX’s"Special Report with Brit Hume."For more information about theWashington Forum, and an exten-sive biography on Mr. Barnes,please visitwww.nasf.org.
Charleston, SC 
Southern MetalFinishing, an annual metal finish-ing conference held each year inhistoric Charleston, S.C., has an-nounced that registration is nowopen for its Sept. 14–16, 2008,conference and tradeshow. Thisyear’s conference will be held atthe majestic Francis Marion Hotel.The event will feature the PowderCoating School, taught by the ex-perts at Tiger Drylac, and 21stCentury Cleaning Technologies,taught by Dr. John B. Durkee,world-renowned cleaning expertand
Metal Finishing 
columnist. Inaddition, participants are invited totake part in a variety of eventsover the duration of the show. Formore information about theupcoming conference or toregister, please visitwww.surfacefinishingacademy.com and click on "Conference."
Nationwide 
 
 As part of the alli-ance between NASF and the U.S.Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA providesNASF with information on its com-pliance assistance resources. Thelatest update is a link to a list of OSHA’s new compliance assistanceproducts that may be helpful forsurface finishing industry opera-tions, including publications,eTools, Safety and Health Topicspages, and success stories withthe appropriate links. A list of available health and safety compli-ance assistance tools is availableon the NASF website at
www.nasf.org 
 
Nationwide 
The National Paint& Coatings Association (NPCA) andthe Federation of Societies forCoatings Technology (FSCT) re-cently signed a Memorandum of  Agreement, which outlines the de-tails of a prospective merger of thetwo organizations. The agreementdescribes a "governance merger"that will consolidate the govern-ance, management and adminis-trative functions of both groupsunder NPCA, while preserving eachorganization’s separate identities,operations, functions, and memberservices. In short, NPCA and FSCTwill remain as separate organiza-tions managed through a commongoverning structure.
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