ASTM D4707-97

Standard Test Method for Measuring Paint Spatter Resistance During Roller Application

SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the tendency of a paint to spatter when applied with a paint roller to a substrate.  
1.2 This standard may involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use .

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Nov-1997
• Technical Committee: D01 - Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications
• Drafting Committee: D01.42 - Architectural Coatings

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM D4707-97(2003)e1 - Standard Test Method for Measuring Paint Spatter Resistance During Roller Application
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D 4707 – 97
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Test Method for
Measuring Paint Spatter Resistance During Roller
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Application
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4707; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope the spatter-inducing variable to the paint under test only, the
paint roller cover is replaced by a standard notched spool roller
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the ten-
to generate spatter by a mechanism that simulates that of a
dency of a paint to spatter when applied with a paint roller to
paint-applying roller cover.
a substrate.
4.2 Although most of the development work to establish this
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
test method was undertaken using latex paints, sufficient work
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
was also done to show its applicability to solvent-reducible
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
paints.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
4.3 Tests during the development of this test method
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
showed that the spattering properties of paints, like other
2. Referenced Documents
physical properties, may in time change. Therefore, the results
of this test are valid only for the time when the test is run.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 3924 Specification for Standard Environment for Condi-
5. Apparatus
tioning and Testing Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related
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2 5.1 Notched Spool Test Roller (Fig. 1).
Materials
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5.2 Glass Plate, at least 9 by 19 in. (230 by 485 mm) by ⁄4
D 3925 Practice for Sampling Liquid Paints and Related
2 in. (6 mm) thick.
Pigmented Coatings
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5.3 U-shaped Film Caster, having a 7-mil (175-μm) clear-
2.2 Other Document:
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3 ance by 5 ⁄4 in. (135 mm) wide.
Pictorial Standards of Paint Roller Spatter
5.4 Mechanical Metronome, with swinging arm adjusted to
3. Summary of Test Method 80 beats per min.
3.1 The test paint is applied to a black plastic panel by
6. Materials
draw-down. The coated plastic panel is immediately mounted
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6.1 Black Plastic Panels, 6⁄2 by 17 in. (165 by 430 mm).
on an essentially vertical surface above a sheet of paper used to
6.2 Flannel Cloth.
catch any spatter. A specially designed notched spool roller
6.3 Masking Tape, 1 in. (25 mm) wide.
(see 5.1) is rolled through the film following a defined
6.4 Spatter Catch Paper, 18 by 18 in. (455 by 455 mm).
procedure, tending to generate spatter. Any spatter falls upon
This paper can be any convenient paper to which the spatter
the spatter catch paper and, after drying, is rated against the
droplets will adhere and of a color to contrast that of the paint
pictorial standards.
under test.
4. Significance and Use
4.1 Paint spatter generated by roller application is depen-
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The sole source of supply of the notched spool test roller known to the
dent on the properties of both the paint being applied and the
committee at this time is Precision Gage and Tool Co., 28 Volkenand Ave., Dayton,
paint roller cover used for the application. To eliminate the
OH 45410. If you are aware of alternative suppliers, please provide this information
influence of the paint roller cover as a variable, and thus restrict
to ASTM Headquarters. Your comments will receive careful consideration at a
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meeting of the responsible technical committee, which you may attend.
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The sole source of supply of the Dow film canister known to the committee at
this time is BYK–Gardner, Inc., Gardner Laboratory, 2435 Linden Lane, Silver
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-1 on Paint Spring, MD 20910. If you are aware of alternative suppliers, please provide this
and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications and is the direct responsibility of information to ASTM Headquarters. Your comments will receive careful consider-
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Subcommittee D01.42 on Architectural Finishes. ation at a meeting of the responsible technical committee, which you may attend.
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Current edition approved Nov. 10, 1997. Published September 1998. Originally The sole source of supply of the dull black plastic panels, Leneta P-121-10N,
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published as D 4707–87. Last previous edition, D-4707-87 (1991). 6 ⁄2 by 17 in. by 10 mil (production tolerance 6 1 mil) (165 by 430 by 250 μm) in
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01. size known to the committee at this time is Leneta Company, 15 Whitney Rd.,
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