A team of coatings industry experts worked together for as many as 10 years on the testing and adoption of this standard. The methodology in this new cycle applies not only to automotive coating systems with steel and plastic substrates, but can also apply to aircraft coatings as well as coatings for other industries.
The understanding of water and the proper usage of water in new accelerated weathering cycles will greatly improve the confidence level of preventing coating defects in the future.