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Linetec Continuing Education Program – "Introduction to Coatings: Field Performance and the Application Process"

by Tammy Schroeder, Linetec’s marketing specialist

Building materials and surfaces are put through some of the most rigorous, day-to-day durability challenges. It helps to know which finishes will be the best choice for maintaining the longest lifespan possible. This certainly applies to exterior architectural aluminum. The finishing technologies and processes involved in this area of design and construction are extremely important. In the architectural industry, the two types of factory-applied finishes for aluminum are anodize and paint. Both processes can deliver a long-lasting finish on building products. The finish choice of a particular project is based on a combination of personal taste and performance criteria.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

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Questions 1:

What type of metal is deposited into the anodic pore to give anodize material its color?

(a) Stainless steel

(b) Tin

(d) Magnesium

Questions 2:
In the paint process, which of the following is not a test conducted on the test panels?

(a) Impact resistance

(b) Mil thickness

(d) Adhesion

Questions 3:
The anodizing process thickens the natural oxide film resulting in hardness similar to a ___________, the second hardest substance on earth?

(a) Opal

(b) Emerald

(d) Ruby

Questions 4:
What step must be completed before material reaches the anodize tank?

(a) Cleaning

(b) Etching

(d) All of the above

Questions 5:
Failure in the ______________ causes paint to chalk?

(a) Resin system

(b) Solvents

(d) Substrate

Questions 6:
The anodize process forms _________ on the surface of the aluminum?

(a) Resin

(b) Aluminum oxide

(d) Chromium phosphate

Question 7:
In order to be environmentally friendly, finishers need to destroy _________? This is done with a thermal oxidizer.

(a) Solvents

(b) Pigment

(d) All of the above

Question 8:

Which paint type is best suited for interior application, where color retention is not required?

(a) 70% fluoropolymer

(b) 50% fluoropolymer

Questions 9:

The ___________ determines the properties and performance of the paint?

(a) Solvent

(b) Pigment

(d) Color

Questions 10:

Which finish offers the best resistance to salt spray?

(a) Anodize

(b) Baked enamel

(d) 70% fluoropolymer

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