DURABILITY OF TRAFFIC PAINT ON PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

THE PERFORMANCE OF A SERIES OF TRANSVERSE LINES APPLIED TO A RELATIVELY NEW CONCRETE PAVEMENT, UTILIZING PRIMES AND PRETREATMENTS, IS REPORTED. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LOCATION OF TEST LINES AND TYPES OF PAINT, PRETREATMENTS, AND PERFORMANCE HISTORIES ARE INCLUDED AND THE RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS ARE ANALYZED. CHLORINATED RUBBER, EPOXY AND URETHANE PAINTS WERE FOUND TO BE THE MOST DURABLE. NEITHER PRETREATMENT NOR THE USE OF PRIMES SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED DURABILITY. THE TEST LINE INSTALLATION IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. THE PAINTS, USED FOR THE STRIPES WHICH WERE APPLIED AT AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEG. F AND PAVEMENT TEMPERATURE OF 116 DEG. F ARE LISTED. ACID ETCHING INCREASED THE DURABILITY BUT NONE OF THE OTHER PRETREATMENTS OR PRIMES (LISTED) HAD ANY FAVORABLE EFFECTS. THE DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE, HOWEVER, WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY THE USE OF ETCHING. DURING INSTALLATIONS, AIR AND PAVEMENT SURFACE TEMPERATURES, RATES OF APPLICATION IN GALLONS PER MILE, AND DRYING TIME WERE RECORDED. IN MOST CASES TWO TRANSVERSE STRIPES WERE APPLIED AND BOTH WHITE AND YELLOW COLORS WERE USED WHEN AVAILABLE. THE DETERMINATION OF THE APPLICATION RATE IS DESCRIBED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • KYHPR-64-19
• Corporate Authors:

  Kentucky Bureau of Highways

  533 South Limestone
  Lexington, KY  United States  40508
• Authors:
  • Rabal, A S
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Chlorine compounds; Durability; Epoxides; Facilities; Installation; Paint; Performance; Portland cement concrete; Primers; Road markings; Rubber; Surface treating; Temperature; Urethane; Whites; Yellow
• Old TRIS Terms: Epoxy; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217359
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1974 12:00AM