PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TRAFFIC PAINTS
PAINT CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAFFIC OR ZONE PAINTS ARE REVIEWED. THEY HAVE BECOME A MAJOR ITEM OF EXPENDITURE FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS WITH THEIR INCREASING MILEAGES AND WITH THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC USING THE HIGHWAYS. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRAFFIC PAINTS AND OTHER PAINTS ARE ENUMERATED. IN GENERAL, TRAFFIC PAINTS CONSIST OF QUICK-DRYING-VARNISH VEHICLE, PIGMENTS, ESTER GUM, OR GUM COPALS, VOLATILE THINNERS, AND DRIERS COMBINED IN VARIOUS PROPORTIONS AND BY VARIOUS PROCESSES TO ACHIEVE TRAFFIC PAINTS WITH VARYING PROPERTIES. A TEST PROGRAM IS PRESENTED WHICH WAS DESIGNED AS A COMPARATIVE PHYSICAL TEST OF PAINTS ON KENTUCKY ROADS. THE RESULTS OF AN ACCELERATED-ABRASION TEST ARE PRESENTED WHICH WAS CONDUCTED ON A CIRCULAR TRACK ROAD TESTING MACHINE IN THE HIGHWAY MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY. REFLECTORIZED PAINTS WITH APPLIED BEADS GIVE GREATER PERMANENCE THAN PAINTS. THIS TESTING PROGRAM IS PROVING OF VALUE AND WILL BE CONTINUED.
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Supplemental Notes:
- No 57, pp 9-22, 12 FIG, 3 TAB Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Peed, A C
- Publication Date: 1952
Media Info
- Monograph Title: Pavement-marking materials
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 57
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Abrasion tests; Drying; Physical properties; Reflectorized paint; Test tracks; Testing; Traffic paint; Traffic volume
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00216673
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 28 1994 12:00AM