Technical guides and selection notes.

Written by the people who quote your RFQs — selection logic, temperature charts and cost comparisons you can specify from.

34 articles and counting.

Technical

Liquid peelable maskants shield threads, bores, and rack lines during anodizing. Compare latex vs solvent, film thickness, limits. Browse…

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Technical

Polyimide tape withstands 260°C continuous and 400°C peak. Compare Kapton tape adhesives, thicknesses, masking uses. Browse our polyimide…

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Technical

High-temp silicone caps rated 260°C continuous protect threads, holes and ports through powder coating, anodizing and e-coat cure. Request…

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Selection Guide

Learn how to mask threaded holes for powder coating. Compare silicone plugs, thread protection caps, and tape for 180-200°C curing.…

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Selection Guide

How to mask threads, holes and surfaces for powder coating: oven temperatures, material ratings, cost per part, common mistakes. Request…

2026-07-31Read →

Selection Guide

Silicone masking plugs for powder coating: how to size holes, choose temperature grades, and plan reuse. Send hole dimensions for free…

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Selection Guide

Both survive the oven — but on threads, holes and repeating features, the economics and the failure modes are completely different. Here…

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Technical

204°C versus 260°C on the datasheet — but what do those numbers actually mean at cure time, and when is the polyimide premium worth paying?

2026-07-13Read →

Technical

Residue is not bad luck — it has exactly four causes. Diagnose which one you have and the fix is usually same-day.

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Selection Guide

Unit price is the wrong number. A worked example showing how to compare plugs against tape on cost per masked part — and when each one wins.

2026-07-11Read →

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