Wood Finishing Academy - Foaming

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  WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.984 --> 00:00:13.671 Foaming where does 2 00:00:14.750 --> 00:00:15.589 foaming come from?. 3 00:00:15.590 --> 00:00:16.590 Well, let's talk about it. 4 00:00:17.570 --> 00:00:18.409 Pretty simple. 5 00:00:18.410 --> 00:00:19.819 You're introducing error. 6 00:00:19.820 --> 00:00:21.289 Possible causes could be from 7 00:00:21.290 --> 00:00:22.290 agitation. 8 00:00:23.540 --> 00:00:26.179 Could be a leak in your pump. 9 00:00:26.180 --> 00:00:28.039 Introducing air into your product 10 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:31.339 Solutions are pretty simple. 11 00:00:31.340 --> 00:00:33.259 We don't want to create foam into 12 00:00:33.260 --> 00:00:34.339 our product. 13 00:00:34.340 --> 00:00:36.769 You create foam into your product. 14 00:00:36.770 --> 00:00:38.119 You're going to see that in your 15 00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:39.120 finish. 16 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:42.169 Most cases we see this in water 17 00:00:42.170 --> 00:00:43.170 based products. 18 00:00:44.210 --> 00:00:46.549 We typically typically 19 00:00:46.550 --> 00:00:47.840 do not want to shake 20 00:00:49.550 --> 00:00:50.719 a water based product 21 00:00:52.580 --> 00:00:54.409 if we can get away with it with some 22 00:00:54.410 --> 00:00:55.939 product lines. 23 00:00:55.940 --> 00:00:57.889 But in most cases, water 24 00:00:57.890 --> 00:01:00.109 based products will foam 25 00:01:00.110 --> 00:01:02.090 on a on a shaker 26 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:05.029 if your pump is introduce an air. 27 00:01:07.150 --> 00:01:08.979 Change out the pump or fix 28 00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:10.329 the problem. 29 00:01:10.330 --> 00:01:11.860 Something to lose somewhere. 30 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:14.859 These are a couple of possible 31 00:01:14.860 --> 00:01:15.860 causes of foaming 32 00:01:17.490 --> 00:01:19.089 and a few solutions for you to take 33 00:01:19.090 --> 00:01:20.090 a look at.

Watch Tech Services Manager Todd Steiner as he talks about the main reasons you are seeing foaming in your finishing operations and how you can prevent it from happening in the future.