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THE HISTORY OF PRODUCTION PAINT FINISHERS, INC.


Production Paint Finishers, Inc. (PPF) started in 1970 when founder Larry Francis decided to break away from his father’s automobile dealership, as he says, “With a paint gun in hand and no orders.” Larry began by painting camper parts for Airstream in a former car dealership building. After years of hard work and a reputation for high quality, PPF added more customers such as: Huffy, Shopsmith, Stanley, and Copeland. The extensive growth has led to five significant expansions of PPF’s facility. Over the years, Larry’s sons, Allen and Russ, took over the business and carried on the tradition of delivering quality products that are completed on time and at a fair price. PPF has become a leader in the liquid and powder coating industry. In addition to general commercial painting and powder coating, Production Paint Finishers has diversified and is known as one of the premier military specification (mil spec) paint houses in the nation (CARC) where we are proud to perform work on armored vehicles and more.

Facilities

Production Paint Finishers, Inc. can provide assembly/disassembly services, apply hardware, final inking, stickers, and specialty packaging. We are not just a powder coating, liquid coating, sandblasting, military (CARC) and commercial solution company!

Paint Booths

Our two primary paint booths, Booths 1 and 2, are situated on the main, high production line. With over 1,300 feet of conveyor, this line features a stainless steel washer -- a 12-stage washer that allows us to zinc phosphate steel and trivalent chromium (Alodine 5900) aluminum. Excess water is removed in our dry off oven, and the parts are then painted using a variety of methods that have been detailed on this website. Curing for shipment is achieved in our bake oven, where we are able to paint thousands of high-quality parts an hour on this line. The usual paints and powders used on this line are baking enamels, epoxies, urethanes, and polyesters. Paint Booth 4 is an air-dry booth designed for tray work. Unique parts that cannot be run on a conveyor for any reason are attended to here. Following a coating process of two-component polyurethane, parts are then cured in infrared ovens.


Paint Booth 6 is a heavy component air-dry line that has 750 feet of 4-inch I-beam conveyor. Here we are able to handle large quantities of parts—up to 1000 pounds each. High-build epoxies and two-component polyurethanes are commonly used on this line.


Paint Booth 8 is a 16′ wide by 16′ tall by 40′ long, side down draft booth with force dry capabilities. We are proudly providing powder coating and liquid coating paint services for your next project.


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