tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87832813019638852272024-03-05T20:00:13.905-08:00AeroCoat News & ViewsAeroCoat Source, LLC.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02245515461814508848noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783281301963885227.post-55570921285151717022013-11-22T11:58:00.000-08:002013-11-22T11:58:42.722-08:00Metallic mil-spec Topcoat Spraying
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Metallic Mil-Sec Coatings</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In spraying most mil-spec coatings topcoat colors our
painters get into a nice routine of spraying a certain way that brings us
satisfactory results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there are a
couple of metallic colors in the Federal Standard 595 color deck that you can’t
spray the usual way at least without getting out-of-spec color appearance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are 650 colors currently in the 595 color deck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But 4 of those colors are metallics:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>17043 gold, 17178 silver, 27043 semi-gloss
gold, 37200 flat silver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And one of
those colors, 17178, is used fairly often for aerospace coatings applications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you spray 17178 like you usually spray Mil-PRF-85285
solid colors with 2 wet coats, you will probably think you have received a bad
batch of paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This color in both Mil-PRF-85285
and in Mil-PRF-22750 has come up in more complaints than any other color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And upon further investigation the problem usually
comes from the improper spray techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can’t spray metallic colors the same way as you spray the rest of
the solid colors in the 595 deck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Metallics must be spayed in 3 deliberately light passes with
the spray gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Painters with
automotive paint experience have an easier time with these metallic colors
because they have had experience with spraying metallic paints during their
automotive careers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Other keys to spraying metallics:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Proper mixing:</u> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Follow the
recommended mix ratio to the letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
allowed use some thinner as this will help to achieve better atomization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Low fluid delivery:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Lower your fluid
delivery to 1/2 to ¾ that you used for solid colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look for fine atomization to reduce mottling
& to bring out the metallic.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Multiple Passes:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Start with light
tack coats, cross pattern (1.0-1.5 mils Wet)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Allow 1-5 minutes flash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Build film slowly with light coats, again
cross coating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Do not allow film to get too wet.
(3.0-6.0 mils wet).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To bring out bright
metallic fog the last coat from minimum 1 foot distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Total DFT should be 1.5-2.0 mils for optimum
gloss and color consistency.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Consistent basecoat
or Primer color:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
Always do original color match on the same substrate you’re your customer is
going to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gray primers impart
darkness and blueness, buff primer brings out yellow color.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased the distance
from object to be painted:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Painting too close with metallics will
cause mottling, edge pull, darker color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Keep spray gun further back.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Agitate metallic
paints often:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
Before mixing paint and catalyst, agitate metallic base component well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">After paint is reduced for spray,
swirl cup gun gently before each coat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or
for large volume applications an agitated pressure pot is suggested.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
AeroCoat Source, LLC.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02245515461814508848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783281301963885227.post-48942743865269000142013-07-15T11:08:00.000-07:002013-07-15T11:08:48.901-07:00Last Call for Silica Flattened CARC Topcoat<br />
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The US Army is
taking the final step toward eliminating the use of silica as flattening agent
for its Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>October 1, 2013 will be the deadline after
which the Army lab will no longer accept silica-based flattened CARC for
testing. This change has been expected for some time. There have been
contractors and agencies that have fought this change but the change is
inevitable. What this means specifically is that the MIL-DTL-53039 type I and
type II products and the MIL-DTL-64159 type I products will no longer be
available. In their place will be a wide variety of polymeric-beaded flattened products.
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AeroCoat will be very proactive and has already started to inventory many of
these new technology type products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically, we will stock the 53039 Type IV or
Type IX in the following colors: 383 Green, 686 Tan, 34031(Type IX), 34201,
36231, and 37038 in quarts and gallons. We will inventory more colors of the
64159 type II including 383 Green, 686 Tan and 37038.<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In addition aerosol cans for touch-up (Type VII) are available in colors 383 Green, 686 Tan, and Foliage Green 34160.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please let us know if the
products you anticipate needing are not on our list. We will certainly consider
stocking these for you. And don't forget to talk to Jesse about the possibility
of blanket orders which is a very effective way to reduce your costs for these
more expensive items. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please feel free to call me
regarding your concerns and questions about these changes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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AeroCoat Source, LLC.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02245515461814508848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783281301963885227.post-74813988315103660672013-03-14T17:51:00.001-07:002013-11-23T10:09:37.341-08:00The Legend of the brand Alumigrip™ <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Legend
of the brand Alumigrip™<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Recently an article was written announcing the birthday of
the brand Alumigrip® which stated that Alumigrip was officially born on March 14,1968
making the brand 45 years old today. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those not familiar with the Alumigrip brand
name Alumigrip has been the standard of the aviation industry for high
performance polyurethane topcoat color for painting of aircraft for a long time.
The name Alumigrip is synonymous with paint for airplanes and is almost a
generic term for aircraft paint much like Kleenex is generic for facial tissue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That article appeared in the AkzoNobel magazine publication,
REFLECTIONS Issue 13, page 6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For your interest the
REFLECTION magazine is <a href="http://www.anac.com/Publications/AkzoNobel_Refections_Spring_2012.pdf" target="_blank"><u>linked here</u>.</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>AKZO is the current owner of the Alumigrip brand by reason of their
purchase of the aerospace and marine businesses of U.S. Paint in 2002. The
article in Reflections magazine shows some graphics common during the period when
Alumigrip was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The article quickly
transitions into talking about the current technology of the Alumigrip product
line which now includes a high-solids version and a base coat/ clear coat product
line for general aviation aircraft painting. But there is a lot more to the
Alumigrip story that was not told in the Reflections article. Here is an
account of the word-of-mouth history of the Alumigrip brand written by two salesmen who were actually there to experience some of the Alumigrip history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The legend of Alumigrip as it was handed down over the years
comes from U.S. Paint where the product initially was developed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following article is “legendary” in that
some of the actual facts about the events discussed are no longer traceable. So
this article is based on the conversations that have transpired and the
recollections over the years and may or may not be completely factual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this story is certainly part of the
legend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alumigrip is believed to be the first two-component
polyurethane commercially developed for use on commercial and general aviation
aircraft in North America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Polyurethane polymers as a chemical class were around since about
1937 having been developed by Otto Bayer and his coworkers at the laboratories
of I.G. Farben in Leverkusen, Germany, according to Wikipedia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Initially, work focused on the production of
fibers and flexible foams. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
development constrained by World War II (when PUs were applied on a limited
scale as aircraft coating), it was not until 1952 that polyisocyanates became
commercially available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Commercially
available polyurethanes for aircraft came much later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mr. Joe Dilschneider the President and owner of US Paint,
(then known as U.S. Paint Lacquer and Chemical Co) a small industrial coatings
manufacturer located in St. Louis, MO became acquainted with the technology as
result of a chance meeting in a bar with a representative from the Bayer Company
while Dilschneider was on a vacation in Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As legend has it the man from Bayer was describing a problem
that was prevalent as a result of the development of the new chemical for the
aviation industry developed by another St. Louis company, Monsanto. That
chemical was called Skydrol® and was a phosphate ester liquid used for the
hydraulic controls in aircraft. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Skydrol
had many wonderful characteristics that made it a good hydraulic fluid for that
application but acted like a paint remover to the aircraft paints and coatings
of that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The legend continues that this conversation
was the inspiration for the commercial development of polyurethanes to be used
for painting airplanes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr.
Dilschneider went back to his laboratory at US Paint and presented his chemists
with the challenge of developing a coating which would resist attack by
Skydrol. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dilschneider directed his team
to look at the Bayer technology thinking this might be a viable commercial use
for this largely unused type of coating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 1964 Monsanto, McDonnell Douglas, and U.S. Paint teamed
up to paint the first Douglas DC-9 with what would become Alumigrip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the St. Louis connection continues it
should be noted that first DC-9 was delivered to Ozark Airlines, which was
headquartered in St. Louis as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
ultimately led to the development and introduction of what is believed to be
the first commercial product used exclusively as an aviation paint, which was called
Alumigrip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through the 1960’s US Paint
built on the success of its new product and developed strong business
relationships with McDonnell-Douglas, Lockheed, Beechraft, and Cessna, among
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dilschneider acted on the early
success with the DC-9 and made a deal with Bayer where US Paint was the
exclusive importer to the US for Bayer’s patented curing agent technology for
the product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the late 60’s Dilschneider sold US Paint to Grow Chemical
Corporation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Under Grow ownership and
Disschneder’s directing US Paint continued to develop polyurethane
coatings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Alumigrip brand was
introduced and the market for the technology continued to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the 70’s US Paint, though maintaining
a strong relationship with Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, CA began to
concentrate its efforts on the business and general aviation markets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the 80’s Alumigrip was almost
exclusively used in business aviation –for many years it was the standard
coating for private jets and other executive aircraft produced by Beech,
Cessna, Lear Jet, Gulfstream, Falcon, and Sabreliner just to name a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The product was not limited to passenger air
planes however.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sikorsky used Alumigrip
exclusively for application on helicopter fleets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also Air Tractor appreciated the toughness of
the coating which allowed them to use their bright yellow color to coat their crop
dusters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">US Paint had a long list of celebrities with what seemed to
be bizarre requests for special colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These included matching colors on countless logos, fabrics, cocktail
napkins, china jewelry and parts off of various types of planes, boats and
automobiles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the 70’s and early
80’s it seemed as if every day’s mail had another sample of something to match
for someone’s aircraft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By now more than 5,000 colors had been
formulated in the Alumigrip line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please
see below one of the earliest color cards of the Alumigrip standard colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>VINTAGE COLOR CARD</u>, circa 1975.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also interesting is the shown ad below, circa 1984, which speaks
of the pioneering aspect of Alumigrip and features one of US Paint’s most
beloved salesmen ever, Orville Wilbur Wright, a descendent of THE Wright
brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Orville ad for Alumigrip</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the 1990’s low VOC. requirements for aircraft coatings
caused US Paint (then owned by Nippon Oil and Fats of Japan) to take another
look at the commercial aviation market and they developed High Solids Alumigrip
which quickly developed a following among the world’s airlines which continues
today under the direction of Akzo Nobel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today Alumigrip is again being used to coat air craft of every type and
size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Revision G issued</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On September 12, 2011 the specification for Mil-PRF-22750
was updated to Revision G. This was the first revision in almost 20 years and
changed the specification in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
spec now makes distinctions for various levels of performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now included in the spec are designations for
Types, Classes, and Grades, none of which were ever relevant in the prior
revisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rev G has four different
Types as well as two Classes and two Grades. The callout for this item now has become
very complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, a typical
Hentzen product PIN number, Part or Identifying Number, would read as follows: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>M22750-2-H-A-001G-17925, meaning it is Type
II, Class H meaning high solids, solvent base formulation as opposed to Class W
which would be water base formulation, and Grade A, for this one gallon kit of
color 17925.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is </span><a href="file://aero-cmd-03/AeroShare/Suppliers/Hentzen/22750G%20Spec.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">the
link to the latest revision of this spec</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for those who are interested in all of the
details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<br />AeroCoat Source, LLC.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02245515461814508848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783281301963885227.post-42779648638790851082012-04-17T16:51:00.001-07:002012-04-18T15:46:10.690-07:00Surprisingly Simple Suggestions for Gloss Conrol of Semi-Gloss Paints<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Factors for Gloss Control of 2-Part Semi-Gloss paints.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Two-part epoxy and urethane mil-spec finishes with
semi-gloss levels of gloss are especially tricky to get correct and consistent gloss
readings from because the gloss range for this class of paint is relatively
wide, 15 to 45 degrees of gloss for urethanes like Mil-PRF-85285, and 15 to 30
degrees of gloss for epoxies like Mil-PRF-22750. Any slight variation of key
variables can change the gloss dramatically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here are two of the most important variables to control to get
consistent and correct gloss readings:</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Homogeneous Part A</u></b><u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shake Base Thoroughly.<o:p></o:p></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shake base for at
least 5 minutes on a paint shaker <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A paint shaker should be used for
preparing the Part A of the paint for mixing and use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these 2-Part paints are heavily
pigmented and the pigment and the flattening paste tend to soft settle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By agitating the Part A’s for at least 5
minutes all soft settling and large paint particles will go back into solution
and assure a smoother paint job and a homogeneous mix resulting in consistent
paint properties including gloss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
flattening paste must be consistently dispersed throughout the gallon, otherwise
you can get high gloss from the top of the gallon and then low gloss from the
bottom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Check bottom of
Part A can with stir stick for settling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">After shaking </span>for at least 5
minutes <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and
before mixing the two parts together check the bottom of the Part A container
with your stir stick to make sure there is no sediment on the bottom or in the
corners of the can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you find sediment
this means that the can must be shaken or stirred for a longer period of time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Check for the proper
mix ratios (See the Product Information Sheet & the Product Label)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mix ratios are always stated as
parts per volume. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, for example, a 3
to 1 mix ratio means 3 parts of Part A to 1 part of Part B by volume and the
measurements must be accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most Part
B’s of 2-part paints are full gloss materials so that even a slight mistake in
the mix ratio will quickly change the gloss reading of your final paint
job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For mixing less than full
containers a mixing cup with gradations and/or a mixing stick come in handy to
get the ratios correct and accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Accuracy in measuring is important and will insure that the paint dries
properly, and has the stated gloss, and will insure that the coating develops
full performance properties.</span></div>
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<strong>MIl-PRF-85285 Revision E Issued</strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Revision E to this very important specification, Mil-PRF-85285,
was issued on January 12, 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But not
to worry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost nothing has changed for
the users and specifiers as a result of this latest revision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only change as a result of this Rev is
that an additional burden has been placed on the paint manufacturers themselves
to further limit the amount of VOHAPS in the formulations of paints made to
this specification.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VOHAPS are Volatile
Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants and these objectionable ingredients are slowly
being phased out by government and industry wherever possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should see new production batches of this
material arriving soon labeled with this new revision letter but otherwise
unchanged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Mil-PRF-85285 specification describes Polyurethane
Coatings for use on Aircraft and Ground Support Equipment and is AeroCoat’s featured
line of products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently, AeroCoat has
the ability to ship any color of nearly 450 colors of Type I material and 175
colors of Type II material on the same-day-as-ordered basis. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For further details please check the list of <a href="http://www.aerocoat.com/1471384.html" target="_blank">85285 Available Colors</a> on AeroCoat’s website.</span></div>
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AeroCoat Source, LLC.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02245515461814508848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783281301963885227.post-75290067853890909202012-03-06T14:28:00.000-08:002012-03-06T14:28:27.392-08:00The mil-spec, Mil-DTL-53022, recently issued Revision E.<br />
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<span style="color: #466079; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Revision E of Mil-DTL-53022 was issued on 19 January 2012 and gives the paint user more choices in
specifying this epoxy primer because this revision adds Types IV and V to the
spec which are higher performance products than the earlier Types I, II, and
III. (Type I is not listed in Rev E so it can't be used on new contracts but is still available and sold as Rev D.) The higher performance in Types IV and V is evident in the salt spray resistance
of these products. Whereas the salt spray resistance of the Types I, II, and
III is 336 hours, the salt spray resistance of Type IV and V is 1,000 hours.
(The Type V product is essentially a touch-up kit.) These new Types are an
effort by the specifying agency, the Army, to upgrade the performance of paint
systems that use this primer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A key
phrase early in this specification says "Whenever one of the coating types
is not cited in a relevant contractual document or drawing, select type
IV."</span><span style="color: #466079; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is now stocking all of the types of this primer except the Type V touch-up kit.
For your own copy of the latest copy of this new spec click the non-secure but safe download link, <a href="https://assist.daps.dla.mil/docimages/A/0000/0027/6106/000005714116_000000224175_IQDSTJNXYW.PDF?CFID=43778348&CFTOKEN=42737793&jsessionid=5c30b04c27b43e65bc694b7f5b64196f1c40" target="_blank">Mil-53022</a>.
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With the onset of cooler, damp weather of late summer/early fall brings the
possibility of a troublesome paint problem called Epoxy Blush. Here's
what Epoxy Blush is with some tips of how to prevent it.</div>
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<span color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Amine-cured epoxy formulations are widely used in
ambient temperature cured coatings, like Mil-PRF-22750. If
amine-cured epoxy resins polymerize during conditions of cool ambient
temperatures or high humidity, i.e. condensation on the coating, they may
develop an amine blush, also called epoxy blush. The amine at the coating
surface develops as an oily, waxy or milky film, sometimes amber to clear in
color. </span></div>
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<span color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">The amine component reacts with moisture and
atmospheric carbon dioxide to form ammonium bicarbonate and/or ammonium
carbamate. This may or may not be visible on the coating's surface but can
interfere with adhesion if over-coated. Contractors and inspectors should be
alert to this phenomena and test suspect surfaces. </span></div>
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<span color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">These amine compounds are often hygroscopic and very
efficient scavengers of carbon dioxide from the air, even though carbon dioxide
is generally present in low concentrations in outdoor environments. In indoor
environments with human activity carbon dioxide may be increased 2-3 times. In
the presence of gas burning motors (fork lifts, tow motors) and salamanders
etc., the carbon dioxide would be even greater. These sources of heat may also
produce copious quantities of water vapor resulting is exacerbated blushing
problems. </span></div>
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<span color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">If amine blush/epoxy blush is detected it should be
removed. Thorough washing of the surface with water and detergent (contact
coating manufacturer) is recommended followed by retesting to ensure complete
removal. Recoating is sometimes necessary. </span></div>
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