PUGET SOUND COATINGS

At PSC we us a multitude of different tools every day to perform the required tasks of getting your job done. This page has a short list with a quick description of some different pieces of equipment we are constantly using.

Air Pressurized Pot - Blast pots come in different sizes, shapes and configurations depending on what the needs are for the blaster and the items being blasted
2 - Small Blast Pots

Blast Nozzle - There are many different blasting nozzles to choose from. Size, length, material make up, are all factors that need to be evaluated before using the most appropriate nozzle for the material that's going to be put through it and the job it's intended to do.

Pressure Pots & Airless Systems - Our most used painting supply source is the Pressure Pot. We have over a dozen units of many different sizes with different options available to give the painter the best ability to put paint on your project. On the far right is an airless system that pushes the paint through the hose using an electric motor giving it head pressure.

Guns - Depending on the size job, the material that's going through it and the level in which the paint needs to be applied there are many different paint guns to choose from. The gun on the left hooks up to a pressure pot. The two middle ones have there own cup attached, the middle left is a gravity feed and the middle right a siphon feed. The gun on the right is an airless type. Each of these guns have multiple tips and air cap capability to help dial in on just exactly what is needed to make the finish just right for the application requirements.

Pluralized Pump - This is the unit we use for our high-solids material when a Pluralized system is needed.

The Benefits:

Clear controls
Simple to operate
Mixing ratio smoothly adjustable
Auto monitor of A & B components
Integral solvent flushing system
Problem-free cleaning
Wetted parts are non-corrosive

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Wheelabrator - This shows a couple different styles of what wheelabrator equipment can look like. Some machines are made so that the parts go in one side and out the other as like the one on the left and some are made that you open a door, put the part to be blasted in the machine, close the door and let it do it's thing for a specific amount of time in which you remove the part out the same door it went in such as the two units on the right.

Wet & Dry Film Gauges - Wet film gauges (left) get used while the painter is in the midst of painting. While the paint it wet the painter sticks the gauge deep into the paint on one edge and finds the tooth where the paint didn't touch and right next to it it does touch. The amount of paint is considered to be right between the two measurements.
Dry film gauges are used when the paint is dry and either magnetically (center) or by an electronic signal (right) it determines the thickness between it and the substrate below.
Wet Film Gauges

Spark Tester - This is an electronic device that sends a volt of DC-electricity through the wand and as it moves over the coated surface will spark against the metal substrate if it finds a pinhole in the coating surface.

Profile Test Tape & Gauge - The tape strip is applied to the blasted surface. A small designated area on the tape is then rubbed with a special tool. The designated area is then put between the anvils of the dial snap-caliper to get the measured thickness of the tape which is then considered the depth of the blast profile.

Profile Tape

Environmental Instrument - This is an electronic device that measures the temperature, and relative humidity by the push of a button.

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