Test of stain removal from anti-graffiti special powders |
A test was made at Decoral® Lab in order to check how easy it is to remove stains from the special series of anti-graffiti Powders 11X-XXX-YYYY (former code DS-0XXXA). Stains were made with various materials on a metal sample coated with anti-graffiti Powder; then such materials have been removed wth various cleaning products.
Picture 1 shows the stained sample; picture 2 shows the sample after it has been cleaned with various products.
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LIPSTICK
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MARKER permanent marker |
N50 PENTEL permanent marker
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SPRAY acrylic |
SPRAY for ferrous surfaces |
Picture 1: sample stained with various materials
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Area stained with lipstick
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Area stained with a marker
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Area stained with a pentel
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Area stained with acrylic spray
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Area stained with spray for ferrous surfaces
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Very easy to remove with etilic alcohol and etasol/MEK*
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Very easy to remove with etasol/MEK
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Very easy to remove with etasol/MEK
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Very easy to remove with etilic alcohol
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Very easy to remove with etasol/MEK
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Picture 2: sample after the stains have been removed with various products
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If the right cleaning product is used, every single trace of stains can be removed, even if the stains had been made with very aggressive materials, such as black permanent markers and spray paints. The white, glossy surface of the sample is now clean again.
*mix 70:30 of etasol:methylethylketone
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If we compare these results with the results of the same test made on standard Powders (Picture 3), we realize that the features of this specific anti-graffiti Powders make it very easy to remove the stains. |
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Standard Polyester Powder stained with Pentel N50 and cleaned with etasol/MEK
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Anti-graffiti Powder DS-0810SA (as second coat, over PE411) stained with N50 Pentel and cleaned with etasol/MEK after 10 cycles of staining and cleaning ΔΕ: 0,96; residual gloss 100%
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Picture 3 |
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