AN EVALUATION OF EMULSION-TYPE PAVEMENT MARKING PAINTS

THE EMULSION OR WATERBASE TYPE PAINTS WERE FIELD TESTED IN 1964 AND 1967 TO EVALUATE THEIR PERFORMANCE AS PAVEMENT MARKINGS. ALSO INVESTIGATED WERE THE EFFECTS ON DURABILITY OF PRE-HEATING THE EMULSIONS. AS A RESULT OF THESE FIELD TESTS IT WAS FOUND THAT THE EMULSION TYPE TRAFFIC PAINT WOULD NOT BE A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT FOR NEW YORK STATE'S STANDARD MODIFIED ALKYO PAINTS. THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE EMULSIONS DID NOT EXCEED THREE MONTHS ON BITUMINOUS SURFACES AND FOUR MONTHS ON PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE SURFACES. IN ADDITION, THE EMULSION PAINTS PLACED AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE APPEARED TO OUT-PERFORM THOSE THAT WERE HEATED, HOWVER, THE RAPID DETERIORATION OF THE PAINT STRIPES MADE A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS ON DURABILITY OF PRE-HEATING DIFFICULT. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, 22-1
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Brewster, D R
  • Capelli, J T
• Publication Date: 1969-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alkyd resins; Alternatives analysis; Bituminous materials; Deterioration; Durability; Emulsions; Field tests; Portland cement concrete; Preheating; Road marking materials; Surface treating; Traffic paint; Water
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous surfacing; Traffic marking materials
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215902
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 22 1994 12:00AM