Date:         Sun, 26 Apr 1998 07:51:45 -0400
Reply-To:     sdoug@CONCENTRIC.NET
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From:         Scot Douglas <sdoug@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Clear coat
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Joshua Van Tol wrote:
>
> > not true.  only metallics on vw/audi came w/ clearcoat.
> >
>      The E.P.A. made it manditor for all vehicles in the U.S.A. by
> 1985 to be free of carsinagenic(sp) materail. This means ALL. Cars
> started this even earlier.         Eric
>
> Bull. True, standards for paint have been tightened, to the extent that the
> painting process as a whole must be cleaner now than it was in days past.
> That does not preclude using standard paint. You can either recover the
> solvent fumes (difficult, but possible) or use a water or less nasty
> solvent based paint.

I agree.  My wife works as an analytical chemist for a company that
patented a downdraft overspray recovery process.  The paint booth has a
pit beneath it which holds a chemical emulsion that "grabs" on to the
paint solids.  When the chemical in the pit is saturated with paint
solids, it's exchanged for a new batch.  The saturated solution get
shipped to my wife's processing facility where she breaks the solution
into the paint solids and the original chemical solution.  The chemical
solution goes in a holding tank waiting to be used again and the paint
solids are turned into a fuel to power cement kilns.

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Best Regards,
Scot Douglas
Project Engineer; Chrysler/Mitsubishi Joint Programs
Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America
P: (734) 971-0900 x124
F: (734) 971-0901