Tech.
Data & Calculations
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Technical data and calculations
• Participants are required to be able to carry out
simple calculations related to the coatings, like WFT
vs. DFT, volumes required for specific jobs,
spreading rates, consumptions, simple cost
calculations, solid content and thinning, etc.
• Participants will be given the various formulations
for calculation and required data during this course.
• They must however know where to find such
information on their own once the course has
finished
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Technical Data
• Most of the product data we need
for carrying out inspections and for
carrying out necessary calculations
can be found in the Technical Data
Sheets (TDS).
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CALCULATIONS
• Can you calculate how high wet thickness to apply
of a product with 65% solid content that has been
diluted 15%, in order to achieve a dry film
thickness of 60 microns, and how much will the
total paint and thinner when applying two such
coats on the main deck with an area of 500 m sq,
when the loss is estimated to be 40%.
• You cannot? By the end of this course you should
be able to (might be included in the final
examination)
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Calculations : Paint
Abbreviations
WFT = Wet Film Thickness
DFT = Dry Film Thickness
% VS = Percent Volume Solids
LF = Loss Factor
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Wet Film calculations
• 1 litre covers 1 m2 in 1000 microns wet
• 1 litre covers 10 m2 in 100 microns wet
• RATIO: 1 : 1 : 1000
litre sq.meter wet film thickness
Meaning: Sq.m./ltr * WFT = 1000
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Formula for determining the WFT
DFT x 100 %
Formula : WFT = % VS
Example:
DFT = 100 m
% VS = 65 %
WFT = 100 x 100 % = 154 m
65 %
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Formula for determining the WFT after
thinning (Method 1)
Formula: WFT = DFT x (100 % + % thinner)
% VS
Example:
DFT = 100 m
% VS = 65 %
Added thinner = 20 %
WFT = 100 x (100 % + 20 %) =185 m
65 %
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Formula for determining the WFT after
thinning (Method 2).
DFT = 100 microns
% VS = 65 %
Added thinner = 20 %
Volume of paint = 1 litre New % VS: 65 = 54 %
1,2
Volume of thinner = 0,2 litre
New volume = 1,2 litre
WFT = 100 % x 100 microns = 185 m
54 %
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Theoretical spreading rate
% VS x 10
Formula: = m2/litre
DFT
DFT = 100 microns
% VS = 65
10 = Factor
65 x 10
Spreading rate: = 6,5m2/litre
100
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Consumption of paint, no loss (1 of 2)
To be painted: Tank, area of 500 m2
Paint DFT % VS
Epoxy mastic 200 microns 85 %
Polyurethane topcoat 50 “ 50 %
Area (m2) x DFT
Consumption = = litre
10 x % VS
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Consumption of paint, no loss (1 of 2)
To be painted: Tank, area of 500 m2
Formula: Area, m2 x DFT
10 x % VS
Epoxy mastic 500 x 200 = 117,7 litre
10 x 85
500 x 50
Polyurethane topcoat = 50,0 litre
10 x 50
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Consumption of Paint with loss
To be painted: Tank, area of 500 m2 , 40 % loss
40 % loss implies that only 60 % will remain on the surface.
The correction factor, Loss factor, will be 0.6
Formula: Area, m2 x DFT
10 x % VS x loss factor
500 x 200
Epoxy mastic 10 x 85 x 0,6 = 196 litre
Polyurethane topcoat 500 x 50 = 83 litre
10 x 50 x 0,6
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