Coating Testing
Micom Laboratories Inc. offers coating testing services for a wide range of materials and products. Whether your products are intended for the aerospace, automotive or manufacturing industry, Micom offers you the necessary coating testing services to satisfy your needs and those of your customers. Whether it is for temperature and humidity cycling, ultraviolet exposure, corrosion testing or mechanical properties, our experts will be happy to help you put together a meaningful test plan that will address your needs and give you real answers.
The coating testing services we offer, such as ASTM D1654, will allow you to ensure your product will perform as you need it to. Many tests often need to be done to ensure that all aspects of a coating’s mechanical properties are covered. Depending on your specific needs, not all of these tests are a must; please feel free to contact our experts, they will be happy to discuss your needs and suggest what are the tests you ought to consider.
Surface Coating Testing “à la carte”
- Salt Spray – ASTM B117, GM 4298P, ISO 7253
- Conical Mandrel – ASTM D522
- Specular Gloss – ASTM D523
- Moisture absorption – ASTM D570
- Coating Film thickness – ASTM D1196
- Friction Coefficient – ASTM D1894
- Hardness – ASTM D2240
- Color Measurement – ASTM D2244
- Impact – ASTM D2794
- Adhesion – ASTM D3359
- Scratch Resistance – ASTM D3363
- Abrasion Resistance – ASTM D4060
- AATCC 16.3
- Falling Abrasive Resistance – ASTM D968
- Fluorescent Light Exposure – ASTM G154
- Xenon Arc Exposure – ASTM G155, ASTM D7869
- Salt Spray – Acidic ASTM G85
- Combined corrosion and UV – ASTM D5894
- Indoor UV Exposure SAE J2412
- Outdoor UV Exposure SAE J2527
- SAE J14563
- MIL STD 202
- MIL STD 810
- MIL STD 883
- AATCC 169
- Pull-off strength of coatings ASTM D4541
Other Related Test Methods
For additional test methods related to surface coatings; please see Polymer Testing, Accelerated Aging or ASTM.
We invite you to download our PDF below on true color measurement as well as our brochure on our paint, coating and polymer testing services.