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MEGA TESTING UPDATE 1 December 2016

We see tests on products happening day in day out. Products are scored on a calibrated system, you get a set of numbers back, and you can compare one to the other.

 

We have ratings like DFT (Dry Film thickness-(how thick the coating is having been applied)0, and now in its fully cured state, with any solvents having flashed off. Salt spray test where a sample is put in a machine and a salt solution is sprayed at the sample until failure is evident. Other tests for abrasion, deformity, impact, flex, hardness....

All of these figures mean what? For the average weekend enthusiast very little. Akin to the MPG quoted on your new vehicle.

Did you prep to En ISO 8501-1:2007?

Did you thin the coating using the correct thinners, to the correct ratio, or did your measuring jug not arrive off eBay.... Did you even order a measuring jug or were you planning on pinching the family Pyrex jug, but now your better half is home, so "that much" is about right,

 

When you purchase a coating you as a customer are an unknown. You could be slap-dash, or methodical in your approach. Your vehicle could be perfectly prepped meeting "EN ISO 8501-1@2007".... or it could look clean but be completely contaminated... But it looks clean... And it is this aspect that NO rating on a sheet of paper, procured from a machine can account for.

So two years ago we came up with the grand idea of a very non scientific test. Just like ratings you will find on most products you can take these results as a matter of interest, because you will never repeat them again exactly how we have. That beg's the question why are we doing it?

Well... because outside of the marketing blurb, the claims, the need to sell more of your product... often at the cost of integrity.. a product will only do so well in a given scenario. Whether you prepped correctly; whilst a contributing factor, isn't the only determining factor.

I view a product as high quality when it accounts for as many of its potential uses as possible. Poor prep, rushed, or applied perfectly being in that mix.

Too often we see claims made in ideal circumstances... This one's a good one...

Anyone who can stop rust permanently is definitely on to something.... Something that breaks the known laws of chemistry and physics.... But a play on words will sell ALOT more of that product.

So. TESTING TIME.

RULES

  • No reading of the instructions.. we are in a rush and its the weekend after all...
  • No preparation, except to give each product as similar a starting point as possible (this may be a whip over with a wire brush to remove heavy rust on later entrants to the test)
  • Two of the heaviest coats we can manage as quickly as possible with "touch dry" being used as the overcoating time (you know, end of day, when you have set the metal in, your exhausted, and starving).

Circumstances.

  1. The test beam is left exposed to the elements, and largely not interfered with. Cats will walk along  it, it will rain, the sun will beat on it at random brief moments in our lovely British weather, and each sample will be SURROUNDED by rust. 
  2. Even in the worst possible application it would be reasonable to assume full coverage. This drastically improves the longevity of the coating. Rust creep in our samples will be one of the biggest enemies. With corrosion having an edge to start on life expectancy will be reduced by an order of magnitude over even a poor application.
  3. The addition of being exposed to strong winds, direct rain, and UV mean coatings like cavity wax will never realise their full potential. These cave dwellers tend to favor dry, dark areas, set up shop, and hold up as long as they can. Dragging them out in to the open will definitely upset them, and provide some interesting results valid/ invalid as that may be.

PRODUCTS

Hycote Grey Primer (Aerosol)

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type Primer

Failure Date 24/08/2015

Status Today. See last picture

Duration Prior to failure 16 DAYS

08/08/2015 



23/08/2015    



05/12/2015

                                                                                                                                                

 

Dulux Gloss (Brush Applied)

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type Domestic gloss top coat

Failure Date 30/01/2016

Status Today. See last picture

Duration Prior to failure 

08/08/2016                                                                            

 30/01/2016                                                                    

  12/12/2016

-

 

Screwfix Red Oxide (brush Applied)

 

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type Domestic Primer

Failure Date 16 months and counting

Status Today. See last picture

Duration Prior to failure NOT FAILED

08/08/2015    

                                                     

23/08/2015              

                          

05/12/2015

30/01/2016                                                                             

12/12/2016

 

Buzzweld RCP/ CIO (Brush Applied, two coats of each)

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type Full Solution

Failure Date 16 months and counting

Status Today. See last picture

Duration Prior to failure NOT FAILED

08/08/2015   

                                                                           

23/08/2015                                                

05/12/2015

     -       

 

30/01/2016     

                                                                   

12/12/2016

 

Buzzweld RCP (Brush Applied)

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type Primer

Failure Date 16 months and counting

Status Today. See last picture

Duration Prior to failure NOT FAILED

08/08/2015              

                                                                

23/08/2015   

                                                                           

05/12/2015

-

 

30/01/2016                   

                                                         

12/12/2016

 

Hycote Grey primer/ Hycote Black (aerosol, two coats of each)

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type Full Solution

Failure Date 23/08/2015

Status Today. See last picture

Duration Prior to failure 16 days

08/08/2016                     

                                                         

23/08/2015             

                                                             

 05/12/2015

-

 

30/01/2016       

                                                                      

 12/12/2016

 

Hycote Grey primer/ Tetrosyl Silver (aerosol, two coats of each)

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type Full Solution

Failure Date 05/12/2015

Status Today. See last picture

Duration Prior to failure < 4 months

08/08/2015                

                                                              

23/08/2015    

                                                                         

 05/12/2015

-

 

30/01/2016               

                                                             

  12/12/2016

 

Penetration oil (with corrosion inhibitors) brushed

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type oil

Failure Date 23/08/2016

Status Today. Removed from Test 05/01/2015. No Product remained.

Duration Prior to failure 16 DAYS

NO START PICTURE>>>>>

23/08/2015                  

                                                          

 05/12/2015

 

Engine Oil  (Brushed)

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type oil

Failure Date 05/12/2015

Status Today. Removed from Test 05/12/2015. No Product remained

Duration Prior to failure <4 months

08/08/2015                                          

                              

09/08/2015 Additional Picture as oil started sweating within 24 hours

23/08/2015

05/12/2015

PU18 Seam Sealer (Brush applied)

Application Date 08/08/2015

Product Type Polyurethane Adhesive/ Seam sealer

Failure Date Unknown. Suspect protection has failed, but due to type of product, cannot determine substrate status

Status Today. see last picture

Duration Prior to failure UNKNOWN

08/08/2015              

                                                                

23/08/2015                    

                                                         

05/12/2015

-

30/01/2016             

                                                                

12/12/2016

 

Baufix "lidl" metal primer (Aerosol)

Application Date 23/08/2015

Product Type All In One

Failure Date 12/12/2016

Status Today. see last picture

Duration Prior to failure >15 months

23/08/2015       

                                                                       

05/12/2015     

                                                                   

30/01/2016

-

 

12/12/2016

Pennine EP grease (brush applied)

Application Date 16/08/2015

Product Type All In One

Failure Date 23/08/2016

Status Today. 30/01/2016 Removed from test offering no protection

Duration Prior to failure 7 days

08/08/2016          

                                                                    

23/08/2016      

                                                                        

05/12/2015

-

 

30/1/2016

Buzzweld CIO (brushed)

Application Date 08/08/2016

Product Type All In One

Failure Date 16 months and counting

Status Today. see last picture

Duration Prior to failure NOT FAILED

23/08/2016                                                                                    

05/12/2015                                                                        

30/01/2016

-

 

12/12/2016

Zero Prep Cavity Wax (Brushed, one coat)

Application Date 08/08/2016

Product Type Cavity Wax

Failure Date 16 months and counting

Status Today. see last picture

Duration Prior to failure NOT FAILED

08/08/2015                                                                              

23/08/2016                                                                              

05/12/2015

-

 

30/01/2016                                                                             

12/12/2016

 

TO COME IN UPDATE 2....

Several more products, some suprising failures, some new additions, and more waffling about rust.

 

Hope you enjoyed or found this useful, All the best.

craig@buzzweld.com

 


Admin
13 December 2016  |  12:21

Very interesting read, its good to see the results like this.


Ray Ward
13 December 2016  |  15:38

Enjoyed reading the Blog, very interesting and informative seeing all the test results. I have been fighting the rust on many Land Rovers over the years and ,at last, a product that works. One very happy customer .


Admin
13 December 2016  |  21:22

Thanks Ray.

More to do yet, and we need to keep this going.