EXPERIMENTAL USE OF THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT STRIPING MATERIALS

THIS IS A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HOT- EXTRUDED THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT-STRIPING MATERIAL COMPARED TO MAINTAINED STANDARD PAINT AFTER 4 YEARS OF EXPOSURE. THE COST OF THERMOPLASTIC LINES REMAINS DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE REALIZED IN COMPARISON TO TRAFFIC PAINT. IT APPEARS THAT A GREATER OPPORTUNITY EXISTS TO AMORTIZE THE HIGH INITIAL INVESTMENT OF THERMOPLASTIC, WHERE THE FREQUENCY OF PAINT RENEWAL IS EXTREMELY HIGH. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT LOSSES OF THERMOPLASTIC MARKING IN EXCESS OF ONE PERCENT PER YEAR, OR WHERE THERE IS LESS THAN 90 PERCENT TERMINAL RETENTION, ARE INTOLERABLE. EXPOSURES UTILIZING AN EPOXY PRIMER WERE BEGUN IN 1965. /BPR/

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1966.243
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, Kyhpr 64-18
• Corporate Authors:

  Kentucky Department Highways

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• Authors:
  • Scott, J W
• Publication Date: 1967-1-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Crash exposure; Epoxides; Level of service; Pavements; Performance; Primers; Striping materials; Thermoplastic materials; Traffic paint
• Uncontrolled Terms: Exposure
• Old TRIS Terms: Epoxy
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215850
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 20 1994 12:00AM