NEW BRITISH ROAD MARKING PAINT

EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT DRIVER ERROR AND DRIVING STRAIN CAN BE REDUCED BY USE OF DURABLE, CLEARLY MARKED ROAD SURFACES AND EDGES. PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THIS ASPECT OF IMPROVED ROAD SAFETY IS A NEW TYPE OF ROAD-MARKING PAINT CALLED CLEARLANE. DUE TO THE SPEED AT WHICH IT CAN BE APPLIED WITH THE LATEST STRIPING EQUIPMENT IT ALSO COMPARES MORE THAN FAVORABLY WITH OTHER OUTDATED METHODS. MADE IN TWO TYPES, THE FIRST KNOWN AS L CLEARLANE, IS A QUICK-DRYING CHLORINATED RUBBER-BASED PAINT WHICH DUE TO ITS EXCELLENT DURABILITY AND CHEMICAL AND SALT RESISTANCE IS IDEALLY SUITED FOR ROAD AND MOTORWAY EDGELINING, AS WELL AS FOR AIRFIELD RUNWAY SAFETY MARKINGS. THE PAINTS CAN BE EITHER CONVENTIONALLY OR HOT AIRLESS SPRAYED, AND DRYING TIME, AS FAR AS THE LATTER IS CONCERNED, IS AS LOW AS TWO MINUTES. A MAJOR CONSTITUENT OF THIS PAINT IS ALLOPRENE. THE SECOND TYPE IS EPOXY CLEARLANE WHICH HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO GIVE THE MAXIMUM LONGEVITY ON CONCRETE RUNWAYS. BOTH PAINTS CAN BE MADE SKID RESISTANT OR REFLECTORISED BY THE ADDITION OF CALCINED FLINT AND MICROSCOPIC GLASS SPHERES, A FEW MICRONS IN DIAMETER, KNOWN AS BOLLOTINI. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 95, No 2438, P 16
• Publication Date: 1966-2-26

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  • MODERN TRANSPORT

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Base course (Pavements); Chlorination; Drivers; Drying rate; Errors; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Reduction (Chemistry); Reflectorized paint; Rubber; Skid resistance; Speed; Traffic paint; Utilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Bases; Reduction
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216181
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 18 1994 12:00AM