Job Description:

• 1) Operates jar-type grinding mill and mixing machine to produce lacquers and synthetic paints according to formulas and work order specifications: Starts jar mill and portable mixer to grind and mix ingredients.

• 2) Places ingredients, such as gums, pigments, and thinners in mill.

• 3) Dumps coloring and lacquer ingredients according to specifications into portable mixing kettle and places kettle under mixer.

• 4) Takes sample from batch and strains it into can.

• 5) Uses spray gun to spray test panel.

• 6) Heats prepared mixture with steam coil, causing wax to rise to top of solution, and then settle to bottom to be drawn off into clean tank.

• 7) Adds required color for tinting batch to meet plant specifications.