In this issue, I’ll be finishing the series on gaskets and adhesives with two more useful families of products. CYANOACRYLATES, much more difficult to pronounce than use, and SILICONES which are amazingly versatile gasketing material. Starting with CYANOACRYLATES, popularly known as Super Glue and Crazy glue have some unique qualities. It will bond to almost […]
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This Mythbuster is a beauty. Really. Here it goes: Laying off employees doesn’t necessarily save labor! It might increase your labor cost! A major international company just laid off 60,000 employees. Can you believe that? 60,000. At each headquarters, the employees were called into an assembly hall of sorts and read a prepared statement that outlined
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I have always emphasized the importance of chemicals in wetcleaning. With good chemicals, not only the quality goes up, but also the problems go way down. But the reality is that so many people find wetcleaning difficult due to lack of understanding of chemicals. So I will start a series in wetcleaning chemicals, starting with
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Protein stains relate to that category of stains originating from the living body. Common protein stains are milk, eggs, blood. Perspiration, animal glues and so on. Protein stains are also referred to as albuminous stains. IDENTIFICATION Protein stains are usually stiff and are only partially absorbed in a fabric. If you scratch a protein stain
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