Paint Defects: How to Solve Crawling & Cratering
Chapters
Welcome
0:0Few Words About Jochum Beetsma
1:3At the Origin of Cratering & Crawling… a Wetting Issue
1:58Crawling Is Incomplete Wetting
4:42VIDEO: What Does Crawling Look Like
5:56Prevent Crawling with Complete Wetting
6:36How Does a Wetting Agent Work
7:27Cratering: a Hole in Coating
9:56How Does a Defoamer Work
11:43VIDEO : Defoamers Can Cause Cratering
13:17How to Solve Cratering Caused by Defoamers
14:3Conclusion
14:18
Jochum Beetsma
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Free Course Details
Crawling and cratering, 2 common paint defects, affect both the aesthetic & protective role of the coating film. Because they are often mixed up, formulators can spend hours focusing on the wrong solution.
Watch this tutorial and learn easy lab tests to identify with no doubt if you face cratering or crawling. You will then see the best approach to solve your coating defects, thus reducing your development time.
This video tutorial contains real lab experiences, courtesy of VLCI - Amsterdam, so that you know exactly how to solve crawling & cratering when you are back in your lab.