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5. Conclusion
Paints on plastics are widely used to give new functionalities such as look and feel (soft, for example) and thus greatly increase their added value. It's hard to imagine that some polymer parts can't be painted, as this is part of their aesthetic function.
In the automotive industry, one of the main outlets for painted polymers, the trend is towards the overwhelming use of clearcoats rather than lacquers. These clearcoats are very often metallized, or even effect paints (interference pigments), and their appearance depends directly on the orientation of the pigments in the basecoat layer. This orientation is determined by the painting method (number of coats and direction of application of the last coat to form the basecoat, see §
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Bibliography
Events
SURPLAST conference organized by SURFACES magazine
SURCAR
SFIP Congress (French Society of Plastics Engineers)
http://www.sfip-plastic.org/congres.php
SFIA (French Society...
Standards and norms
- Standard Guide for Evaluation of Coatings Applied to Plastics. - ASTM D3002-07 - Nov. 2007
- Standard Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test. - ASTM D3359-09 - Juin 2009
- Standard Test Method for Resistance of Organic Coatings to the Effects of Rapid Deformation (Impact). - ASTM D 2794 - Déc. 1999
- Paints and varnishes – Scratch test (NF T30-088). - NF EN ISO 1518 - Mai 2001
- Paints...
Websites
CRITT: industrial paints http://www.critt-mdts.com/fichiers/departements/Peinture.pdf
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Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
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Industrial/painting/automotive equipment
http://www.sames.com/fr/produits/industrie_automobile/peinture_robotique/index.php
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