Sagging, paint

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Electrostatic attraction produces a build-up of paint on the edges of holes and slots, causing runs and sags. Such features on visible surfaces are best avoided. If this is impossible, other application methods should be researched. 

Advantages over dipping are numerous there is no sagging and no blocked threads or holes the cover on edges, welds and seams is superior box sections are uniformly coated Coating of mixed components is possible, with virtually 100% paint usage and, above all, because the paints are water-borne, there is no necessity for flash off zones or fire protection. 

Thixotropic Paint a paint which while free-flowing and easy to manipulate under a brush, sets to a gel within a short time when it is allowed to remain at rest. Because of these qualities a thixotropic paint is less likely to drip from a brush than other types and can be applied in rather thicker films without running or sagging. 

Several conditions are necessary for satisfactory surface coatings, e.g., nondrip applications. There is a balance between the ease of use and sagging of the paint during and after administration. Thixotropic additives, e.g., organo-montmorillonite clays are added. These form 3-dimensional networks, which are easily broken down by shear. 

Crosslinked acrylic microgels in aqueous and non-aqueous media were patented as paint constituents in 1979 to improve the orientation of aluminum flake pigments, restrict the flow of the liquid coating on the substrate and restrict sagging [324]. As the patent speaks of emulsions, insolubility of the microgels and particle sizes up to 200 nm, it is questionable whether these polymers consisted of microgels only. 

The steady-state viscosity is a pragmatic way of predicting certain key properties of a sample. If the stresses used in the creep experiment are well chosen they will reflect the stresses applied to the sample by the action of gravity. Thus, the viscosity under these circumstances will help predict the ability of the material to resist sagging on a vertical surface (coatings). Other uses include prediction of sedimentation velocity or creaming velocity in two-phase dispersions. The ability of a paint to level out and therefore remove brush marks by... 

One likes to see high Tm values for TPU hard segments, for this indicates strong virtual crosslinks which will allow the molded TPU parts to pass through paint-drying ovens and to stand in the hot sun without sag or distortion. Of course if Tm is too high, molding problems could be encountered. 

Interior fiat paints. The interior flat wall paints are the largest volume of trade sales paints. In the retail market, water-based latex paint has almost entirely taken over the market from their oil-based counterparts. The major advantages of latex paints over oil-based paints are (a) fast drying and less sagging (b) low odor (c) ease of cleanup (d) low VOC emission and (e) less yellowing and embrittlement. 

Fat edge. Accumulation of paint at the edge of a painted surface. (See sagging ). 

Puffing agents, or thixotropic agents, increase the paint consistency and minimize sagging by giving a thixotropic consistency to paint (a type of behavior in which the viscosity of the system decreases when agitated, as under the shear of brushing, and increases when allowed to stand). 

The low heat sag values.relate to the ability of fabricated parts to withstand automotive assembly line paint bake-oven cycles— an ability which could eliminate the requirement for a separate offline painting operation and permit use of the same paints used for steel components. 

Ultimately, sufficient resistance to sag and distortion at on-line paint temperatures to allow on-line painting with the part mounted on the auto. At present shooting for 163 C, but future paint cure temperatures will come down. For initial fenders, automotive is willing to paint off-line. 

Evaporation rate of solvent and drying of coating can be regulated easily by choice of solvents in solvent blends. Proper evaporation rate helps to give smooth films and to minimize sagging, running, and popping of paint. 

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