Entirely devoted to the failure analysis of coatings and paints – an "excellent reference to a select market".
Latest edition contains new material on surface preparation, transfer of salt to steel from contaminated abrasive, effect of peak density on coating performance, on galvanizing, silane-modified coatings, polyurea coatings, polyaspartics, and powder coatings and on dry spray.
Balances scientific background and practical advice, giving both the theory and applications in a slim, easily readable form.
Includes case studies of laboratory tests.
Written by an author with over 25 years of experience in the paint and coatings industry.
About the Author
Dwight G. Weldon, President of Weldon Laboratories, has over 25 years of experience in the paint and coatings industry. He is a coatings chemist and consultant and he is an SSPC Certified Protective Coatings Specialist. Mr Weldon has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan (USA), a Master of Science degree from Michigan Technological University (USA) and has completed additional graduate level work in analytical chemistry at the University of Kentucky (USA). He formulated automative coatings for three years, prior to specialising in the testing and failure analysis of paints and coatings as Laboratory Director for two nationally known consulting laboratories. He has been the president-Elect of the Pittsburgh Society for Coatings Technology. In addition to routine physical and analytical testing of coatings, Mr. Weldon has worked on well over a thousand failure analysis projects involving nearly all types of paints and coatings used in numerous industrial and architectural applications. In addition to performing field and laboratory work, he routinely presents lectures on paint testing and analysis. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, SSPC - The Society for Protective Coatings, the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
