New Product Announcement: DFT Gauge

Worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastics industries BYK-Gardner has announced the release of its new line of dry-film thickness gauges, the byko-test 9500 series.

VW Using Terahertz Tech to Measure Thickness

German automaker The Volkswagen Group has reportedly employed a novel terahertz wave-based technology to measure the film thickness of its car body coatings.

Webinar Illuminates SSPC-PA 2

Measuring dry coating thickness according to SSPC-PA 2 will be the topic of a free webinar presented by KTA-Tator’s Bill Corbett next Wednesday, July 19, on PaintSquare.com.

A Tale of Two Clients

by Warren Brand

There’s a concept in martial arts that the first time a student sees a

New Tools Stuck in Old-School Ways

by Tim Race

In 1973, I was playing baseball for Parkside High School Eagles with Tony Dungy. That...

True or false: According to a JPCL article, three months is a good starting interval between calibrations of a magnetic dry film thickness gage.

True or false: Statistical data from a recent study suggest that greater precision of DFT measurements can be obtained using the scanning method over the traditional SSPC-PA 2 method.

How should a contractor respond when he reads a specification requirement that "the nominal dry film thickness of the coating shall be 3 mils"?

What errors are most likely to occur when measuring dry film thickness on steel, and how can I avoid them?

Coatings Conversation

from JPCL, September 2018

The Effect of Caustic Soda Solutions on Fusion-Bonded Epoxy Coatings at High Temperatures

from JPCL, September 2018 ; by Hassan Al-Sagour and Mana Al-Mansour, Saudi Aramco

In the article, “Qualification Tests for High-Temperature FBE Coatings” in the July 2...

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Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on concrete coatings and maintenance.

SSPC-PA 2 Procedure for Determining Conformance to Dry Coating Thickness Requirements

issued by SSPC

This standard describes a procedure for determining shop or conformance to a specified coating ...