PROTECTION OF MATERIALS. PAINTING OF THE EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE BODY PANELS. PART 1- QUESTIONNAIRE REGARDING THE PAINTING SYSTEMS NOW APPLIED. PART II A-RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE DESIGN{ THE PROTECTION AGAINST CORROSION AND THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE APPLICATION OF FILLERS

Part I of the present report contains a questionnaire concerning the present painting systems for the exterior of vehicle body panels (both for those under construction and during maintenance operations). Appendix 2 shows the marked differences in the number of man-hours, standing times and quantities of material required, which lead to the conclusion that different painting materials and work procedures are applied by the Administrations concerned; in the absence of exact knowledge of the conditions prevailing on these Administrations, the Committee is unable to pronounce a relevant judgement. In this connection it should also be pointed out that recommendations for the composition of paints applied to vehicles used under temperate climatic conditions cannot be adopted without precautions under other climatic conditions. Most of the Administrations are using fillers for their paint systems which are generally based on oil and which are applied in thicknesses of several millimetres in places. Experience has shown that such a filler is the weakest link in the chain of the paint system, because it is exposed to a continuous oxidation process; it becomes brittle and finally breaks, thus cracking the whole paint system. Another disadvantage of the application of fillers is the necessary grinding which requires much skill and time, in addition to hard physical work. In order to improve the durability of the external paintwork and to save time and work, the technological conditions enabling the use of fillers in the paint system to be dispensed with, are given in the report (part IIA). Where fillers are required for welding seams and recesses the Committee recommends the use of two component fillers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1966-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrosion protection; Materials and structures protection; Paint; Painting; Questionnaires; Vehicle maintenance
• Old TRIS Terms: Materials protection; Question e17
• Subject Areas: Construction; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052768
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: E17b/RP 27E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM