Personal Work samples

My IS project


Some pictures of it:

Sample 1 to 6 chemical spot test

Sample 1 to sample 6 Paint finish

Sample 1-6 divided into 6 sections

Introduction:

My IS Project is under Experimental category and involves lot of work. If I am not wrong, there should be more than 40 lab sessions each taking more than 2.5hrs. 

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT: 

 To investigate the effectiveness of different types of paint

    additives used in water-borne wood paint for improving the

    chemical resistance properties as compared to the Control

    Sample (water-borne wood paint without paint additives) as

     well as Solvent-borne wood paint.

RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT: 

Determine if the paint additives (products in the market claim to have hydrophobic characteristic) could help to improve the chemical resistance properties of water-borne acrylic wood paint.

PAINT ADDITIVE NEEDED: 

CONCLUSION OF THE PROJECT: 

In conclusion, our test results proven that our hypothesis is true. 

Ø Paint additive 1 (aqueous fluorinated polyurethane   dispersion) is most effective in enhancing the chemical resistance properties when added to water-borne acrylic wood paint as compared to the other 3 evaluated paint additives.

ØThe optimum dosage of additive 1 used in water-borne acrylic wood paint is about 2-3% of the total paint weight.