PERFORMANCE OF CHLORINATED-RUBBER TRAFFIC PAINT. FINAL REPORT

Based on promising performance in earlier tests, 90,000 gal of chlorinated-rubber (CR) traffic paint were installed by Region 4 (Rochester) striping crews in 1987. This material appeared to offer 12-month durability, unlike the Department's standard modified alkyd (MA) traffic paint. This report documents performance of nearly 300 miles of test lines installed by Regions 1 (Albany) and 4, compared to matching sections of MA traffic paint. The only area of concern during installation was the longer no-track time of CR paint, requiring increased traffic protection measures to protect wet lines from vehicles. It would appear that CR is capable of providing year-round delineation under typical conditions, on most New York roadways currently requiring traffic paint. However, it may require a second restriping of some lines to achieve this goal and continued observation of CR paint performance is necessary to identify those combinations of traffic, roadway, and climatic conditions under which CR is not capable of providing 12-month durability.

• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/21000/21100/21139/PB99100364.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Study title: Pavement Marking Materials for Maintenance Restriping.
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Disbro, J E
  • Bryden, J E
• Publication Date: 1989-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chlorinated rubber; Drying rate; Durability; Performance evaluations; Striping materials; Traffic paint
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; I35: Miscellaneous Materials; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488641
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/NY/RR-89/146, Res Rept 146, NCP 4E4D0052
• Contract Numbers: Res Project 167-2
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1989 12:00AM