ASTM D2825-21e1

Standard Terminology Relating to Polishes and Related Materials

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Feb-2021
• ICS: 01.040.25 - Manufacturing engineering (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 25.100.70 - Abrasives
• Technical Committee: D21 - Polishes
• Drafting Committee: D21.91 - Terminology and Editorial Review

Standards Content (Sample)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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Designation: D2825 − 21
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Polishes and Related Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D2825; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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ε NOTE—Definitions of terms are specific to Committee D21 standards, and were added editorially in December 2021.
1. Referenced Documents depth of gloss—the optical phenomenon of relative depth
2 perceived when viewing reflective surfaces.
1.1 ASTM Standards:
D2047 Test Method for Static Coefficient of Friction of
detergent resistance—the degree to which a polish film
Polish-Coated Flooring Surfaces as Measured by the
exhibits no apparent deterioration when spotted or cleaned
James Machine
with a solution of a nonabrasive, nonammoniacal detergent.
D4103 Practice for Preparation of Substrate Surfaces for
distinctness of image—degree of clarity exhibited by images
Coefficient of Friction Testing
reflected from a surface.
2. Terminology
drag—physical resistance to mechanical spreading of a liquid
GENERAL
polish.
buffable—the ability to improve the gloss or general
dry bright polish—a polish that dries to a gloss without
appearance, or both, of a polish film by a mechanical action.
buffing.
build-up—the condition resulting from a lack of self-
ease of use—a subjective assessment of polish application
sensitivity in an existing polish, whereby new film deposits
properties, which includes variable elements of polish appli-
over old, with little or no self-cleaning action.
cation drag, dry time, time between coat applications, gloss
build on multicoat applications, dry time before exposure to
burnishing—the enhancement of the existing polish appear-
traffic, polish, soil resistance, ease of cleaning, and ease of
ance is accomplished by dry mechanical abrasion using a
removal.
suitable machine and accessories.
film clarity—characteristic of a deposited film, which permits
cleaning—removal of visible marks, dust, and other extrane-
an unobstructed view of the color and inherent design of the
ous materials from the surface.
substrate.
coagulum—an agglomerate of particles grouped together by
gloss retention—maintenance of the gloss of a film under
relatively weak mechanical or chemical affinities; usually
normal use conditions.
designates the densest phase of a separated emulsion.
haze—film whose clarity is impaired with varying degrees of
coating, n—a layer of any substance intentionally applied to a
opacity; this denigration of film clarity is sometimes only
surface to modify its functional or decorative characteristics
evident with multi-coat applications of polish.
such as a polish.
leveling—the property of a freshly spread polish to dry to a
creaming—the separation of a layer of an emulsion into
uniform and streak-free appearance.
separate, and discrete layers, with the less dense component
of the emulsions migrating to the uppermost layer.
mar—mutilation of polish film, reparable only by recoating.
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nonvolatiles—materials remaining after the loss of volatile
This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D21 on
Polishes and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D21.91 on Terminology
components.
and Editorial Review.
Current edition approved March 1, 2021. Published March 2021. Originally
polish—a temporary coating that enhances the appearance and
approved in 1969. Last previous edition approved in 2017 as D2825 – 17. DOI:
may protect the substrate to which it is applied.
10.1520/D2825-21E01.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
recoatability—the application characteristics of a polish and
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
the appearance of the film after successive coatings to a
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. surface.
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soil—solid foreign matter, resulting from traffic embedded in rubber heel marking—the mechanical transfer of coloring
or adhered on the surface. matter from rubber heels to surfaces.
speed relating to rotary disc floor machines—low speed: up
scratch—damage resulting from the movement of a hard
to 800 r/min, high speed: more then 800 but less than 1500
pointed object.
r/min, and ultra high speed: 1500 r/
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