Determination of Effects of Primer Surfacer Properties on the Automotive Coating Appearances by DOE

Bastani, S.; Massoumi, A. R.; Qodsi, P.; Karbasi, A.

doi:10.30509/pccc.2009.75757

Determination of Effects of Primer Surfacer Properties on the Automotive Coating Appearances by DOE

Authors

¹ Surface Coating and Corrosion Department, Institute for Color Science and Technology

² Paintshop, IranKhodro Co.

³ Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology

⁴ Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Techno, Amirkabir University of Technology

10.30509/pccc.2009.75757

Abstract

In general, the evaluation of automotive coatings appearances favors (is considered preferentially) more than chemical and physical properties. Therefore, its improvement is most required. Studying appearance by means of QMS-BP technique, in which it measures some of the most important coating appearance factors, such as: the specular gloss, distinctness of image (DOI) and orange peel. In this article the influence of variation in the primer properties, such as thickness, roughness and gloss on the appearance of final coating system for two different primer types was studied. Results showed that increase in specular gloss would cause the intensification of NAP (Niveau d’Aspect Peinture) values, while increase in thickness and roughness would decrease it. Prog. Color Colorants Coat. 2(2009), 79-86. © Institute for Color Science and Technology.