Paint Quality Test Equipment

Equipment Function Illustration

Glossmeter It measures the specular reflection. The light
intensity is registered over a small range of the
reflection angle.

Coating Thickness Measures the thickness of the paint upon application

Gauge - Paint
Thickness Gauge

Gardner Abrasion Coated and uncoated surfaces need to be tested for

Tester resistance to abrasion caused by a brush, sponge,
scouring pad, sand paper, and other means. The
abrasion tester can examine the washability of a
coated surface for the removal of stains. Detergents
and cleaning solutions can be tested and evaluated in
a reproducible manner.
Gel Timer These gel timers are perfect for determining the gel
time of resinous plastics, adhesives, crying oils, two
component elastomers, and paints.

Orange Peel / DOI Paint appearance is described by its brilliance and

Meter - Wave Scan smoothness, often referred to as DOI (Distinctness of
Image) and Orange Peel. Qualitest orange peel and
DOI meters have been used at all major car makers
and suppliers as the global standard to objectively
control and optimize appearance.
 Transparency Transparent products can have a milky or fuzzy
Meter - Haze appearance dependent on their light scattering
Gard-i behavior. The haze-gard i quantifies the visual
perception with objective measurement criteria:

 Total transmittance
 Transmission haze
 Clarity

Haze-gard i controls complete transparency by

taking only one reading.

Gradient Oven The Gradient Oven is a test apparatus for evaluating

the baking and drying behavior of liquid coatings,
powder coatings, resins, plastics, etc. A production
baking process can be simulated by programming
heat-up speed, baking temperature and time.

The appearance of effect finishes is influenced by

Spectrophotomete different viewing angles and viewing conditions.
r - QTK - Mac Apart from a light-dark flop and color shift special
sparkling effects can be created.
The QTK-mac spectrophotometer is unique as it
measures both multi-angle color and flake
characterization in one portable device.

 Traditional 5-angle color measurement: 15° / 25°

/ 45° / 75° / 110°.
 Additional color measurement behind the gloss
for color travel of interference pigments: -15°
 Sparkle and graininess measurement for flake
characterization

Technological Institute of the Philippines

College of Engineering and Architecture
363 P. Casal, Quiapo, Manila

Paint Quality Test Equipment

CHE 410

Submitted by:
Aballa, Jane Eilyza G.

Submitted to:S
Engr. Lina Dela Cruz

Date:
March 3, 2020