Salt Spray Testing of Metallic Electroplated Items
Laboratory Testing of Coatings and Paint
Adhesion Testing of Coatings
Specialized Performance Testing of Corrosion Protection Systems
Testing Facilities
- Natural salt spray testing
- QUV – Accelerated weathering (horizontal and vertical options)
- Immersion testing – In different liquids and at various temperatures
- Abrasion resistance (different weights and number of cycles)
- Impact resistance testing - paints, varnishes, plastic coatings, laminations and sheet material
- Scratch resistance and hardness testing
- Elasticity, extensibility, elongation and flexibility testing
- Sagging resistance
- Flow qualities and spreading rates
- Application qualities
- Water and chemical absorption testing
- Coating compatibility
- General and specialised microscopic inspections
- EDX - Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis
- Fourier Transform Infrared Analysis
- Micro and X-ray diffraction analysis
- Coating evaluation – Surface roughness / profile, surface temperature, surface moisture (wood / concrete / plaster), surface cleanliness, salt contamination, wet and dry film thickness, adhesion [direct pull-off test and cross hatch cut methods, holiday detection (spark and wet sponge methods)
- Coating permeability testing
- Viscosity testing
- Conductivity testing
- pH testing (liquids and soil)
- Specialised photography and reporting programmes
- Environmental monitoring (Relative humidity, temperature, dew point).
- Spreading rates.
- Hiding powder
- Specific gravity or weight of paints
- Solids content
- Degree of gloss
- Soil resistance
- Permeability of paint, varnish, plastic, cellophane.
