My Adventures with Coat Check
I am sure we are all familiar with coat check, what is it for and how it works but for the sake of my review I will explain anyway. Basically, for the convenience of not having to lug your belongings around you pay a small fee to a coat check attendant. That said fee is the cost to have your coat stored in the area the establishment has set up for the purpose of storing all paying patrons belongings. They give you a ticket similar to a ticket you would get when entering a raffle in which you must hold onto this ticket to retrieve your belongings. There are a variety of tickets available for use with warnings on them such as, “Not responsible for contents of garments” or “Not responsible for any lost items”, sounds assuring doesn’t it? Either way, it is convenient to have the option to rid yourself of your belongings and enjoy what you set out to do or just leave your coat in you car and freeze your butt off while walking to the place.
I admit, I used to do this all the time along with a few other girlfriends – we would all leave our coats and important belongings in the trunk taking with us our ID and money, walk and freeze. Why would we do this? A few reasons, avoid lines, the line to check in your coat and the line to retrieve it – saved a few bucks, hey, more for drinks and you avoided the risk of your jacket being lost or stolen if of course no one messes with the car which was pretty unlikely.
However on those really cold nights, I would bring it with me (which turned into almost always) – in my city, cold is cold and well, I needed my coat! One night out, I went off to a venue, a Nightclub, that I had been to once before. It now had a new name and new management. This was in the winter of 2007. Being winter, I had my coat on while waiting in line, it was a name brand jacket with a name brand price tag and was new – bought that winter. Checked the coat in, paid the fee, safely tucked away my ticket. After doing what it is you do at Nightclubs – drink, dance and socialize, I proceeded to check out my coat. It was last call – time to go. With my ticket in hand, I waited in line and waited and waited – geez, where is my coat! I was getting anxious and annoyed. Well whaydda know, the lovely coat check girl lost it! In her own words, she said “I had someone else helping me” and it got so crazy “that we just started handing out jackets”. Really, well I have something to hand you! Needless to say I was peeved which did not help my situation. I was getting a bit loud and my friends calmed me down, explained that getting upset would not bring my jacket back. So I obtained the managers number and exited the venue. I called that manager for two weeks, no jacket, no resolution, not even a hey come by and get in free or have VIP for a night. I never went back there again – heck, I did not even enjoy it. Three levels of lameness, I have seen better. As I wrote this, I went and checked out their rating on a website, was not surprised to find that they are currently rated a low 2.5/5.
Following this incident I was indeed reluctant to use a coat check ever again! That did not last long, I couldn’t help it. Chicago winters are cold. I did notice a new thing certain venues were doing, asking for your initials and writing them on your ticket upon checking in your belongings and then asking for those initials upon retrieving your belongings. I like that system. Yea it makes the line longer but its all in good pratice. I also felt more inclined to tip the girls who did their job – stored my jacket safely.
My most recent issues with coats happened this winter. New Years Eve, ah yes, fun fun fun, I went out to a Lounge with open bar. Once again, was wearing a name brand jacket with a name brand price tag, I reeally liked this one and had it for only a week and half. However there was no coat check here, good thing the place was not huge and I was able to keep an eye on my stuff. About an hour or so after midnight it was decided we should head out somewhere else. Off to the El train my boyfriend and I walked, not sure where exactly we were heading next when we came upon a house party right next to the train. Cool, we walked in and had some fun there went home called it a night. The next day, I woke up, famished, got ready to go and have brunch, went to grab my coat, and it was not mine! It was very similar, but not mine! What the…. ?? I do not remember what I did with my jacket. Apparently, I swapped or switched with someone. Was it because someone had already taken my coat or maybe I just misplaced it and grabbed this one for the sake of wearing a coat home? I am not sure! Nothing was in the pockets to help claim the owner. I even went on Craigslist and posted an ad for this coat and one for my own, boy were their a ton of people searching for things, lost on NYE’s keys, lost on NYE’s cell phone and even a few similar to my own ad, I didn’t feel alone. Without my other jacket I was screwed so I just wore my new jacket. It fit and worked.
About 2 – 3 weeks later, I spent a late afternoon at a trendy bar watching the football game. I was of course, wearing my NYE’s coat. That trip turned into a whole night out – I went to two other places after the game. My last stop was a Lounge/Nightclub. Great music, nice place but was there a Coat Check? I was not sure. From the looks of it – there wasn’t, coats were strewn on the long booth like seats on one wall and a few on seating areas scattered around the edge of the room. I picked out a seating area close to the bar and dance area, tucked my jacket balled up under a chair and proceeded to have good time. When I felt ready to go and went to retrieve my jacket, guess what, someone had taken the jacket that I had taken! Now, did they do it accidentally as I did on NYE’s or was it on purpose. Who knows. All I knew was I was out of a jacket for good this time.
With that being said – it appears it’s a good idea to use a Coat Check regardless of the statements on your Coat Check ticket, the lines and the cost. Given the many years I have checked my coat in at various venues – having it lost only once is pretty good. Given that in a 3 week time span were I did not use a coat check – I lost it twice.
Coat Check – your alright with me.
Coating Solutions
Any machine with movable parts requires the extra assistance of coating solutions. Coating solutions could involve a variety of metals, ceramics, or thermal sprays, and are used to protect the machine’s parts from wearing out prematurely. The science involved in the this industry can be very complex, requiring teams of chemical analysts and other experts.
Usually it will require some kind of alloy. Carbides and oxides are especially useful because they offer additional durability and resistance to chemical corrosion. Aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, and tungsten carbide are used quite frequently, but a plethora of other alloys can be used. Ceramics also provide these types of solutions depending on the situational circumstances. Each material provides a different degree of hardness or chemical resistance, and by increasing one factor, it may decrease another. This is why it must be discussed with teams of experts who perform any number of on-site analyses.
A new category of coating solutions has recently surfaced in the market. This type of coating solutions involves the use of thermal sprays. Thermal spray coating solutions might use the traditional carbides, oxides, other alloys, or ceramics, but can also make use of plastics and composites. Traditional types of methods still work best in certain situations, but thermal sprays are quick and efficient, especially when working with large structures.
Many industries rely on the various methods of solutions. The agricultural industry is an excellent example. Farmers depend upon the massive farm machinery to keep them in business, and they cannot afford to have that machinery under-performing or breaking down year after year. Plus, farm machinery must be able to work in freezing temperatures to prepare the ground in time for spring planting, and be able to withstand the mid-July heat. Proper coating solutions can protect the machinery from extreme temperatures, friction, even delay normal wear and tear.
The oil and gas industry, pharmaceutical suppliers, aerospace technology, and food processing and preparation also depend upon these types of solutions to keep their machinery running efficiently.
Without the help offered by the coatings, many industries would spend millions of dollars replacing machines and machine parts more frequently. Then the machinery would either have to be broken down and recycled, requiring more time, money, and energy. Unfortunately a lot of machinery would also end up in landfills. Therefore it offers a great service to many industries, the consumer, and the environment at the same time.
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Powder Coating: Finish of the Future
Tired of that really smelly enamel you last used on the lawn furniture? Wish there was a better environmental solution to those leftover paint cans in your garage? Let this architect show you why powder coating is the green finish for tomorrow.
We all know too well the limitations of liquid paints, varnishes, shellacs and enamels. The first of these is their fragrance, which is usually rather strong, and also usually a pretty good indicator of their off-gassing, or emanating as they dry, volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs are so-called because they are not only truly volatile — flammable, combustible or explosive — but also potentially harmful to humans, particularly those with any type of breathing limitations or difficulties. Another shortcoming of liquid coatings is the waste or reclamation issue. How does one safely, and in an environmentally conscious fashion, dispose of ½ pint of unused paint? How can one reclaim that leftover half-gallon of a specially mixed color?
In many instances, powder coating can provide an improved alternative to applied liquid coatings. First developed as an industrial coating in the 1960s, powder coating has in the past several decades become a much more popular finishing method for manufacturers. The growth of powder coating has been propelled in part by the VOC controls incorporated into 1970’s Clean Air Act, but also by consumer awareness of concerns over pollution, air quality and consumer health. While powder coating requires similar material and equipment costs to liquid coating, it can provide substantial savings through material efficiency, reduced energy and labor, and decreased waste and disposal.
What is powder coating? Powder coating is the process by which a finely ground mixture of pigments and resins is electrically charged, then sprayed onto an oppositely-charged product. The mixture bonds electrically to the product, then both are heated to cause the mixture’s fusion and curing into a uniform durable coating. Hardening agents in the mixture enhance the chemical and mechanical bonding of ingredients to strengthen the final coating. Additives may also be used to modify the powder coating for a particular use, performance feature or aesthetic quality. Crucial to the eventual performance of the powder coating finish is the preparation of the product or substrate. This preparation is typically called pre-treatment, and involves careful cleaning and rinsing to insure that the new organic coating can fully and properly bond with the inorganic product or substrate.
Powder coatings may be categorized by the resin used as their base. Some of the most popular resin bases are fluoropolymers, polyesters, polyester-urethanes, polyester-epoxies, epoxies and high-strength polyesters. These resin bases vary in such properties as their level of UV protection, corrosion resistance, mechanical properties, chemical resistance and tendency to chalk.
The typical applications of powder coating in architecture and construction are: metal components of building façades and window systems; handrails and guardrails; ceiling panel systems; louvers; light fixtures; furniture; small metal fabrications; and playground equipment. However, recently powder coatings have spread from metallic components to those of plastic, ceramic, glass and even wood.
The benefits of powder coating as a finishing process are most often seen in a number of key areas:
Environment. With little or no release of VOCs, powder coating is much more friendly than liquid coating to applicators, end-users and the planet. Powder coating plants need not maintain burdensome pollutant control systems. Waste of material and process clean-up are both reduced, as are energy costs.
Economy. Powder coating has greater material efficiency or ‘coverage’ than liquid coating, through decreased waste and no evaporative loss. With lessened curing and drying times, powder coating also consumes less time and energy, and allows for lower labor and overhead costs.
Finish. The quality of finish of powder coated products will often, if not always, exceed that of liquid coated products. In a single coat, powder coating can produce a thicker, more durable and more consistent coating than liquid coating can throughout multiple coats. And, because of the chemical properties of powder coating, that coating will also exhibit much better mechanical properties against cracking, crazing, and release.
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Lens Coating – What Everybody Ought To Know
“I have cultivated my hysteria with joy and terror.”
- Charles Baudelaire
Lens coating – give it some thought
Lens coating.
The next time you’re at the opticians searching for glasses, stop and think. Lens coating can improve the operation and look of them. It can make them look better, it can make you see better, it can give you protection, yet don’t be swayed by over-enthusiastic sales blurb. Think it out logically before you visit.
If you ARE thinking of lens coating for your next pair of spectacles, spare a moment to consider a few things.The coating the prescription lens have will vary the quality and price of your glasses considerable.
Lens coating – Scratch resistant.
No lens material is absolutely scratch proof. However, plastic lenses – ophthalmic lenses that are processed with a hard coating – do become more resistant to scratching such as from minor falls or the occasional cleaning with a kitchen towel.
A low viscosity coating solution is applied on ophthalmic lenses made from plastic materials and cured to form a scratch resistant lens coating .
The lens coating is an easy process and can be used with typical dip and spin coating apparatus and air circulating ovens. Treatment with this results in a veneer of homogeneous depth (2-4 microns) on the lens. Lens coating is generally resistant to commonly used eyewear cleansers.
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Lens coating – unaltered
With a scratch resistant lens coating, the ocular value of plastic lenses remains unaltered.
Glasses coated with scratch resistant solution are up to six times more resistant to abrasive damage than uncoated lens.
Lens coating – Children benefit from scratch resistant lens coating
Children’s glasses in particular profit from a scratch resistant hard lens coating. The everyday bumps and scratches that children subject them to, would quickly damage untreated lenses. Since scratch resistant lenses are discretionary, make sure your optician knows you want them.
Given that a resistant lens coating can’t wholly shield your lenses from abrasion, do keep your glasses in a proper case, and clean them with a recommended cloth and cleaning solutio.
For example, scratches in an arc on both the front and back surfaces, happens when they haven’t been washed with water before cleaning. Washing with water removes any build up of tiny grit particles. Scratches that are horizontally across the lens, often come from putting them into a case that has grit in it. Scratches clustered in the middle, and only on the front side of the lens, are the consequence of putting the glasses, lens downward, onto a hard surface. Scratches in the corners come from using clip-on shades.
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Lens coating – for night time driving
Each stratum of anti-reflective coating is carefully calculated to prevent reflected light. The effect is a lessening of glare.
It also reduces bothersome reflections and corona around lamps, which is a benefit when driving at night
Lens coating – Anti-Fog Coating
It can be annoying when your glasses fog up when you come into a warm room from the cold. It can be a safety concern as well, since it limits potential to see until the fog clears. Lens mist can be potentially dangerous for fire officers or police in emergencies.
Anti-fog is a thermally cured coating that reduces the condensation on lenses, keeping vision clear when you make the transition from a cold environment to a warm one.
Lens coating – Anti Reflective.
To enhance both the ability to see through the lens and the look of the glasses, an anti-reflective coating (AR coating) is useful.
AR lens coatings are analogous to the coatings found on camera lenses. They are made up of a number of layers of metal oxides applied to both sides of the lens surfaces.
Because of this layering, AR coatings sometime have a suggestion of green or purple colour, depending on the manufacturers prescription.
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Lens coating – Ultraviolet Treatment
A further lens coating treatment that is valuable but invisible to the eye is ultraviolet (UV) protection. Just as we use sunscreen to keep the sun’s UV rays from harming our skin, UV cure in lenses prevents those rays from being detrimental to our eyes. Exposure to ultraviolet light is considered a cause of cataracts, retinal impairment and other eye trouble.
Ultraviolet treatment is straightforward and fast to put on to most plastic lens, and does not modify the look of the lens. The exclusion is polycarbonate lenses, which don’t need anti-UV treatment because it is an inherent property of the material.
Lens coating – Mirror Coatings
To draw a distinction there are also reflective lens coatings, which are quite clear, but offer no eye protection. Mirror lens coatings are simply an audacious statement. As the name suggests, the coating is very reflective.
Options comprise many colours including silver, gold and copper mirror coatings.
Mirror coatings are solely decorative: the wearer notices no change in ability to see no matter what colour the lens coating is. Only those looking at the person with the glasses will see the colour of the coating. Mirror coatings are commonly used in conjunction with sunglass lenses.
Think carefully before buying that lens coating
So, ‘you pays your money, you takes your pick’. Think carefully, choose your lens coating wisely. Don’t waste your money on something you might not want. Spend your money where it’s most needed.
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