CSWIP-BGAS

Grade-II
Painting Inspector Course
ONLINE PREPARATORY CLASS
August 2021
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COATING FAULTS

1. Bittiness: Presence of flocculated material, foreign material or bits

developed in paint tin during storage(Seed) projecting
from the surface of film. Peppery is term used for small
& uniform particles
2. Bleeding: Diffusion of soluble colored substance through the
coating, giving undesirable staining/discoloration.
Bitumen gives brown & coal tar is yellow stain
3. Blistering: dome shaped projections/blisters in dry film due to loss
of adhesion and lifting
4. Chalking: friable/powdery layer on coating caused by
disintegration of binding medium commonly when
exposed to high heat ( UV rays)
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COATING FAULTS

5. Cissing: area where coating material has receded leaving holidays

in the film
6. Cracking: splitting of the dry film due to aging. Differential
expansion of layers
7. Cratering: bowl shaped depressions caused by solvent/gases
escaping
8. Curtaining/Sagging: downward movement of coat on a vertical
plane between application & drying. Will result in
uneven area of coat with thick lower edge and looks like
a draped curtain
9. Run: curtain of smaller area
10. Tear: Run similar to tear
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COATING FAULTS

11. Flaking: brittle coats detach from substrate in forms of flakes or

scales. Oxidizing paints are more vulnerable
12. Holidays: area of coat where thickness is insufficient or
completely absent
13. Lifting: Softening, swelling & separation of paint coat due to
underlying coat. Using strong binder over weak binder
14. Orange peel: caused by paint viscosity problems. Uniform pock
marked appearance. Resembles an orange peel.
15. wrinkling/rivelling: wrinkled coat during drying. Due to surface
skin, trapping solvent below surface
16. Spot rusting: rusting of spots due to rogue peak.