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Paint & Coating Testing

Paint testing and coating testing services offered at Micom Laboratories. Micom offers you the
necessary test services to satisfy your needs and those of your clients whether your products are
intended for the aerospace, automotive or heavy industry. Our services include salt spray testing,
UV testing, among numerous others.

We also offer paint testing services such as ASTM D4060 test for taber abrasion, ASTM D3363
test for pencil hardness and many other standard coating testing services. Our material testing
experts will be happy to help you put together a meaningful test plan that will address your needs
and give you real answers.

Paint testing and coating testing services


Below are numerous paint and coating tests available at Micom Laboratories:

Specular Gloss ASTM D523


Conical Mandrel ASTM D522
Hardness ASTM D2240
Color Measurement ASTM D2244
Abrasion Resistance ASTM D4060
Coating Film thickness ASTM D1196
Paint adhesion ASTM D3359
Salt Spray testing ASTM B117
Scratch Resistance ASTM D3363
Moisture absorption ASTM D570
Xenon Arc Exposure ASTM G155
QUV Exposure ASTM G154
Standard Test Method for Resistance of
Organic Coatings to the Effects ASTM D2794
of Rapid Deformation Impact
Friction Coefficient ASTM D1894
Coating Film thickness ASTM D1196

Different accelerated aging test


Aside from the paint testing and coating testings, we can also perform the following
material testing services.

UV exposure

Xenon Arc exposure ASTM G155


Fluorescent UV Condensation ASTM D4587 & ASTM G154
SAE J-2020
SAE J-2412
SAE J-2527

Corrosion

ASTM D5894; cyclic corrosion & QUV exposure


Salt Fog Testing: ASTM B117
Coating Resistance Using Water Fog Apparatus ASTM D1735, ASTM D2247
Blistering ASTM D714
ASTM D1654
SAE J14563
ASTM G85, Annex 1, 2, 3 & 5
MIL STD 202F
MIL STD 810E
MIL STD 883C
GM 4298P
ISO 7253

Did you know?


In 2002, Federal Highway Administration of the United States published a study titled Costs of
corrosion and preventive strategies in the United States on the direct costs associated to the metal
corrosion in the American industry. In 1998, the annual total cost of the corrosion in the United
States was about 276 billion (about 3.2 % of the US gross domestic product).
Additional material aging processes
Temperature/humidity exposure
Dry heat exposure
Condensing humidity exposure
Temperature/humidity cycling
Thermal shocks

Paint and coat testing

ASTM B117
ASTM C1028
ASTM D1654
ASTM D1735
ASTM D2240
ASTM D2244
ASTM D2247
ASTM D2565
ASTM D3359
ASTM D4060
ASTM D4798
ASTM D5208
ASTM D522
ASTM D523
ASTM D5894
ASTM D6695
ASTM G154
ASTM G155
ASTM G44
ASTM G85
ISO 4892

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