Jet Aviation St. Louis completes comprehensive upgrades to paint shop

Jet Aviation St. Louis has completed the installation of a sophisticated system of controls for climate, air quality, and final finish in the paint shop. The most recent improvement is the installation of three new state-of-the-art decontamination chambers designed to remove traces of hexavalent chromium (hexachrome) dust from painters’ body suits, shoes and painting tools as they leave the prep hangar. Removing the hexachrome dust from the painters prevents it from getting into other parts of the facility and outside of the facility. Before installation of the chambers, Jet Aviation St. Louis completed a sophisticated, computerized climate-control system. The system reads the air in the paint hangar and precisely sets the temperature, humidity and dew point to the proper levels to maximize paint application, drying and curing. That kind of climate control is necessary when applying today’s high-solid paints that provide better coverage, which along with the use of safer peroxide-based strippers and modern primers is another step toward making the process as “green” and environmentally-friendly as possible.