Paint Defects

Paint Defects
Bleeding
Discoloration that occurs when colorants from a lower surface coat diffuse into a
surface coat.
Blistering
The formation of hollow bubbles in the paint film caused by air, moisture, or
solvents trapped under the film.
Blocking
Undesirable sticking together of painted surfaces when pressed together under
normal conditions. Sticking or blocking can be reduced by anti-block paint
additives.
Blooming
Powder-like deposit forming on the surface of the film, often resulting from
partial dissolving and redepositing of pigment by a solvent component.
Blushing
Whitish, milky area that develops on the film and may be caused by absorption of
water vapor by the drying film.
Brushmarks
Small ridges produced in paint films by the bristles of brushes.198
Chalking
The degradation of a paint film by gradual erosion of the binder, usually due to
weathering.
Checking
Slight breaks in the film that do not penetrate to the substrate surface. If the
substrate surface is exposed it is called cracking.
Chipping
Total or partial removal of a dried paint film in flakes by accidental damage or
wear during service.
Cracking
The splitting of a dry paint film, usually the result of aging. This includes hair
cracking, checking, crazing, and alligatoring (crocodiling).
Cratering
Small round depressions in a paint film which may or may not expose the
underlying surface.
Crawling
A defect in wet paint or varnish film where it recedes from small areas of the
surface, leaving them apparently uncoated. Crawling is caused by an incompatible
film on the surface.
Crazing
The formation of fine surface cracks, often as a network, that do not penetrate to
the underlying surface.
Dirt
An embedded, anomalous material that mars a dried coating.198
Fading
The loss of color in a pigmented coating film over time following exposure to
light, heat, etc.
Fatty edge
An excess bead of paint that forms on the bottom edges of parts when they are in
the drippage zone following dipping or flow coating.
Fish eye
A paint defect resulting in a pattern of small surface depressions or craters in the
wet film, often caused by surface contamination such as oil or silicone materials.
Flooding, floating, or mottle
Tendency of pigment particles to separate and concentrate in an area, such as the
surface.
Gassing
Volatiles that come from substrates in which pores or bubbles blow out during
curing. Usually plastic or electrogalvanized steel cause gassing.198
Orange peel
An irregularity in the surface of a paint film resulting from the inability of the wet
film to level out after being applied.
Peeling
Failure of a coating film to maintain adhesion with its substrate. Sheets or ribbons
of the film detach from the substrate. The condition results from contaminated
surfaces or excessive differences in polarity and thermal expansion characteristics
between the surface and the film.
Pinholing
An undesirable situation where tiny holes develop in a coating. These holes may
allow moisture and contaminants to penetrate the coating and come into contact
with the substrate. 437
Popping
Eruptions in a film of coating after it has become partially set so that craters
remain in the film.
Ringing
The occurrence of circular spots in a sprayed repair area (spotting).
Rusting (face and/or scratch)
The appearance of rust (corrosion) on the surface of the damaged paint. Scratch
rusting occurs where the film has been damaged and rusting appears on the
scratched area.
Sagging
The downward flow of a coating film as a result of the film being applied too
heavy or too fluid a wet coat.
Sandscratch swelling
A paint defect where repair coat solvent soaks into scratches from surface
preparation and causes paint swelling.
Silking
A surface defect which results in parallel flow lines in the paint film.
Skinning
The formation of a surface skin on coating liquids, usually due to the reaction
with air or to rapid solvent loss.
Telegraphing
Brushmarks or other irregularities in the previous coat or substrate that show
through the dried topcoat.198
Wrinkling
Distortion in a paint film appearing as ripples.

Paint Defects

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Paint Defects

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Paint Defects

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Paint Defects

You might also like