ASTM D711-89(1998)
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for No-Pick-Up Time of Traffic Paint
Standard Test Method for No-Pick-Up Time of Traffic Paint
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers a laboratory test for determining the no-pick-up time of a traffic paint by a rubber wheel.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, 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.
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Designation: D 711 – 89 (Reapproved 1998)
Standard Test Method for
No-Pick-Up Time of Traffic Paint
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 711; 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 4.5 The dimensional requirements of the O-ring are as
follows:
1.1 This test method covers a laboratory test for determining
Outside diameter 4 ⁄8 in. (104 mm)
the no-pick-up time of a traffic paint by a rubber wheel.
Inside diameter 3 ⁄8 in. (85 mm)
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
Cross section ⁄8 in. (9.5 mm)
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
5. Procedure
information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
5.1 Prepare a test stripe at least 3 in. (75 mm) in width of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
paint to be tested by a mechanical spreader, or other suitable
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
means on a clean plate glass panel at a wet film thickness of 15
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
6 0.5 mils. (Use a plate glass panel approximately 4 by 8 by
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
⁄8 in. (100 by 200 by 3 mm).)
5.1.1 Record the time of application. Allow the panel to dry
2. Referenced Documents
in a horizontal position under the laboratory conditions speci-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
fied (73.5 6 3.5°F (23 6 2°C) and 50 6 5 % relative
D 2000 Classification System for Rubber Products in Auto-
humidity).
motive Applications
5.1.2 Test the paints used with drop-in beads without beads
unless otherwise specified or agreed upon between the pur-
3. Significance and Use
chaser and the seller.
3.1 This test method serves as a control test and should be
5.2 Butt the glass plate against the ramp. At regular intervals
used only as such. There is no direct correlation between the
remove the wheel from its rest, hold against the rest as a
results of this test and field applications.
starting point, then free roll the weighted wheel down the
inclined ramp and over the paint film with each roll of the
4. Apparatus
wheel over a new wheel path. Position the wheel properly so
4.1 The apparatus as shown in Fig. 1 shall consist of a steel
that a clean surface of the wheel will come into contact with the
cylinder of the shape and dimensions as indicated, fitted with
paint film. As many as three passes of the wheel can be made
two replaceable O-rings and a ramp of shape and dimensions as
before the wheel needs to be cleaned. This can be done with a
shown.
rag saturated with acetone. It is best to set aside the wheel after
4.2 The detailed dimensional requirements of the steel
washing until all the solvent has evaporated.
cylinder are given in Fig.
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