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A New Way to Visually Evaluate Color

Werner Rudolf Cramer Wolf Moritz Cramer
September 3, 2025
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New viewing tools help bridge the gap between visual perception and multiangle color measurements for evaluating modern interference pigments.


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Color Accuracy Depends on These Best Practices

Sean Hillman
July 3, 2025
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Standardized techniques ensure coatings consistency from factory floors to aerospace.



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Automotive Interior Surface Testing

Color and Appearance
Sherri Thompson
May 7, 2025
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This article explores surface testing methods to ensure color consistency, gloss and appearance in modern automotive interior coatings.


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Mastering Paint Adhesion

Key Factors for a Lasting Finish
Sherri Thompson
November 8, 2024
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Advanced testing equipment ensures optimal coating adhesion through precise surface preparation, enhancing durability and performance for coatings manufacturers.


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Measuring Multiple Automotive Paint Layers

Archana Senthikkumar
May 18, 2023
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Automotive painting is a challenging process, and requires each layer to be sprayed at the optimal thickness. Some leading-edge, ultrasonic thickness gauges can provide both the thickness measurement of each individual layer, and the total thickness measurement of several layers at once, making the process faster and easier.


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New Material Database for Coating Thickness from coatmaster AG

March 9, 2023
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In cooperation with EUROLACKE powder coatings, the company coatmaster AG has created a material database for the non-contact coating thickness gauge coatmaster Flex.


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New Spectrophotometer from Konica Minolta

March 7, 2023
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CM-26dG is a portable sphere spectrophotometer with an integrated 60° gloss sensor allowing distinct color and appearance measurements within one instrument.


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New Protective Coatings Field Test Kit from BYK-Gardner

February 27, 2023
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The new test kit provides a complete solution for evaluating the environmental conditions prior to painting, as well as measuring the dry film thickness of the coating after application in accordance with SSPC PA-2.


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New Multi-functional Digital Thermo Hygrometer from Paul N. Gardner

New Multi-Functional Digital Thermo Hygrometer from Paul N. Gardner

January 24, 2023
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Paul N. Gardner USA's New Indoor/Outdoor Digital Thermo-Hygrometer is a multifunctional humidity thermometer that can display temperature, humidity, and time simultaneously.


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R&D in the Coatings Industry: Why Formulators Must Go Back to Basics

Jenny Maat
July 29, 2022
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Formulators should use technology to track down the rheological sweet spot for their products and see the lab as a source of knowledge and collaboration. The resulting data will set research projects off on the right path and deliver huge savings for R&D, the company, the customer and maybe even the planet.


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