Production Painters and Finishers - Main Production Painters and Finishers Production painters operate the machines that apply paints and coatings to products. Painters and finishers use machines, spray guns, or hand brushes to coat products with paint and other coating solutions. Several methods are used to apply the coatings.
Dippers use hoists to immerse racks or baskets of items in vats of paint.
Tumbling barrel painters put metal items into a barrel of paint and rotate the barrel. Spray machine operators use spray guns to coat products. Following a formula, they fill the equipment's tanks with a mixture of paints or chemicals. Next, they screw nozzles onto the spray guns and adjust them to obtain the proper spray. Finally, spray machine operators hold or position the guns to direct the spray onto the product.