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What's New - Monthly news round up from MPI; including new approved products, successful students of MPI training, monthly promotions, plus a new article each month that takes an in depth look at how to avoid coatings failures or how to improve coating quality.
NEWSLETTER TITLE DATE
Color And Paint JUL-17
Specifications, saving time and money JUN-17
The Case of the Laboratory Block Walls DEC-16
Challenges of Coating Concrete Floors NOV-16
Accounting for Environmental Conditions OCT-16
When The Substrate Rejects the Coating SEP-16
Drywall - getting it right first time. AUG-16
Painting Dimensional Lumber: The Case of the Inside/Out Siding JUL-16
Best Practices for Specifying Repaint Projects JUN-16
Coating Galvanized metal surfaces MAY-16
How To Avoid Onsite Disputes APR-16
When Stainless Steel Requires Painting MAR-16
The Un-Touch-upables: Tips for Effective Touch-Up FEB-16
When Bad Priming Happens to Good Steel JAN-16
Weather Or Not: How good intentions (and flawed execution) can doom a winter painting project DEC-15
When New Galvanizing Fails: Duplex systems, double-duty primers NOV-15
Mondo Condo Failure An ounce of following the product data sheet can save a ton OCT-15
Tips for Finishing Ceilings SEP-15
The Case of the Two Towers: Tips for Specifying and Applying Elastomeric Coatings AUG-15
The Challenges of Painting New Drywall JUL-15
Painting Dimensional Lumber: The Case of the Inside/Out Siding JUN-15
The Un-Touch-upables: Tips for Effective Touch-Up MAY-15
The Challenges of Coating Concrete Floors APR-15
Difficulties with Coating Fly Ash Concrete MAR-15
Paint Colorants and Problems with Tints Paints FEB-16
Shop Primed Materials When is too much - too little??? JAN-15
“Acrylic” – Quality or Promotion? DEC-14
The Pain in Painting Drywall the ASTM Level 5 Finish NOV-14
Finding a Common Ground of Communication between Industry Professionals OCT-14
3 Steps to Smarter Repaint Project Planning SEP-14
The Case of the Blistered Siding Successful repaints require smart assessments AUG-14
Who‘s Writing Your Repaint Specs? Beware of hiring a carpenter to fix your car JUL-14
Beauty is only skin deep; ugly goes down to the bone. The Case of the Paint-Dripping Parkade Ceiling JUN-14
Mondo Condo Failure An ounce of following the product data sheet can save a ton MAY-14
Weather Or Not How good intentions (and flawed execution) can doom a winter painting project APR-14
Paint Colorants and Problems with Tints FEB-14
Paint Vs. Drywall: Is the problem the paint or the drywall? JAN-14