EVALUATION OF VEHICLE CORROSION PREVENTIVES

THIRTY ONE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE VEHICLE CORROSION PREVENTIVES WERE EVALUATED IN THE LABORATORY IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS TO DEFINE A SATISFACTORY MATERIAL FOR PRESERVING VEHICLES. SEVEN COMPOUNDS THAT SHOWED PROMISE AS A RESULT OF LABORATORY TESTS WERE FIELD TESTED. THE FIELD TEST INDICATED THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF MATERIAL WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. THE MATERIALS SHOWED VARYING DEGREES OF ABRASION RESISTANCE IN THE WHEEL WELLS. THIS WAS NOT CONSIDERED SERIOUS AS PERIODIC TOUCH UP OF THESE AREAS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED ON A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BASIS. BASED ON THIS WORK A PURCHASE DESCRIPTION WAS WRITTEN DESCRIBING AN ACCEPTABLE COMPOUND. THREE MATERIALS EVALUATED MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PURCHASE DESCRIPTION. A COMPANION DOCUMENT DEFINING THE SPRAY EQUIPMENT USED WAS ALSO PREPARED. THESE DOCUMENTS WILL SERVE AS A GUIDE FOR THE USER IN OBTAINING THE PROPER PRESERVATIVE, INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CLEAN THE VEHICLE, THE METHOD OF APPLICATION AND THE PROPER TYPE OF SPRAY EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Tech Rept NO 65-3305, 31 PP, 9 TAB, 31 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Army Weapons Command

  /Research & Engineering Division
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Muffley, H C
• Publication Date: 1965-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abrasion resistant coatings; Chemical compounds; Cleaning; Corrosion protection; Evaluation; Sprayers; Test procedures; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Spraying
• Old TRIS Terms: Cleaning procedures; Compounds
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219282
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Clearinghouse Fed Sci & Tech Info
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1994 12:00AM