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October 28 2016 Hydrophobicity & Moisture Resistance

The Best Of The Best.  Our Top 5 Blog Posts

What good is a competition if you don't measure it? We put our thinking caps on and decided to pit this year's blog posts up against each other and see which one comes out on top. Our second...

October 21 2016 Chemical Inertness

What Do You Want To Be For Halloween?

What are you going to be for Halloween? Man I hated that question. I seem to never be able to come up with that killer app of a costume that will make the party. The best costume I ever came up with...

October 14 2016 Chemical Inertness

Rosetta And SilcoTek Inert Coatings Make History!

The European Space Agency announced the dramatic end to an even more amazing space mission. On September 30th the Rosetta spacecraft made a controlled landing (read crash) into the surface of the...

October 07 2016 Corrosion

Rusty Pig?  Tips For Removing Corrosion From Stainless Steel

Stainless steel should be stainless right? Untrue. If you're in the chemical process, refining or anayltical business you'll be the first to dispel that notion. On occasion, SilcoTek will receive...

September 30 2016 Process Analytical

Finally It's Over!  An Inert Coating Cost Calculation

* Well we're just about done with our series on how to calculate the cost of inert coatings. First we bored you to death with factors to consider when estimating coating costs. Next we piled on with...

September 23 2016 Process Analytical

What's It Cost Part Deux.  The Benefit Side Of A Coating Cost Equation

In last week's blog post, we discussed the cost side of justifying the purchase of inert, corrosion resistant coatings. If you thought the total coating cost associated with a SilcoTek® purchase was...

September 16 2016 Process Analytical

What's The Coating Cost?  How To Rationalize A Coating Purchase

What's the price? We get that question with every order. After issuing the quote customer responses range from "That's it? That's very reasonable." to "Why so much?" In a B2B transaction, the...

September 09 2016 Process Analytical

The Fix For Ammonia Testing Problems

Trace ammonia sampling in automotive, refinery, and industrial applications can be tedious at best and impossible under worst case conditions. If you've ever experienced progressively erratic and...

September 02 2016 Chemical Inertness

What Does Labor Day Have To Do With Inert Coatings?

Here's to you on this Labor Day! According to the US Department of Labor the first Labor Day parade in 1882 almost didn't happen. As the story goes union members were ready to parade down Broadway in...