ED coating sludge: Serious issue and possible tank fix

Summary for ed coating sludge Discussion

Sludge on top of parts in ED coating is the core issue here, and Kim Shaz asks whether the problem can be eliminated without cleaning the paint tank. The thread excerpt only includes the question, so no answerer’s diagnosis or fix is provided in the source. The problem is described as intermittent rather than constant, which suggests the sludge may be coming from paint tank contamination or buildup, but that is only the poster’s suspicion. Because no replies are shown, there is no confirmed remedy, no named expert advice, and no discussion of whether tank cleaning is required. The safest takeaway from the available text is that the issue is being investigated as a possible sludge-in-tank problem, and the user is seeking a way to reduce or remove the contamination without a full tank clean.

Q. Hi, I am running an ed coating in Malaysia and now we are having a sludge issue on top of the part, however this issue is not continuous. How can i remove this issue completely? As for now, we suspect the paint sludge inside paint tank. How can we reduce the sludge without doing a tank cleaning? Is there any other solution?

Kim shaz
Maintenance engineer – Malaysia
March 27, 2025