West Coast representatives of DuPont finishes, in San Francisco for a three day dales convention, visit the Golden Gate Exposition. The group is pictured in the DuPont Company exhibit building. Walter J. Sohlinger, West Coast manger for finishes,...
Collection guide for DuPont Performance Coatings, Inc. The corporation was created in March 1999 by the merger of DuPont Automotive Finishes, a business unit of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and
Herberts GmbH, the coatings subsidiary of the...
One of the DuPont Company's major contributions to the finishes industry was the invention of 'Duco' lacquer. Its quick drying characteristic revolutionized the painting of automobile bodies by reducing the required time from many days to a few...
Solvent refining area where the liquid ingredients required in the manufacture of lacquer are refined and prepared for use at a typical finishes plant of DuPont.
Base mixing machine in which the pyroxylin is broken up and reduced to fluid form by the addition of solvents in the process of manufacturing finishes at one of the plants of DuPont.
Color mills in which the pigments are ground into solution with the base mixture in order to obtain the various colors in finishes manufactured by DuPont.
Color mills in which the pigments are ground into solution with the base mixture in order to obtain the various colors in finishes manufactured by DuPont.
Following the base mixing, the dissolved cotton is filtered through a base filter press to remove any remaining impurities, an important part of the process of manufacture of finishes by DuPont.
