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>* Introduction
>* Adhesion Issues
>* Bio Degradation
>* Durability
>* Film Formation
>* Flexibility
>* Poor Substrates
>* Surface Irregularities
>Aluminium oxidation
>Bleeding
>Bleeding components from timber
>Blistering
>Blushing
>Chaulking of enamels
>Chaulking of wall paints
>Cracking
>Craquelé formation
>Craters
>Dirt collection
>Fish eyes
>Flaking
>Floating/Flooding
>Fungi
>Hazyness
>Holy days
>Insufficient adhesion
>Insufficient flexibility
>Insufficient hiding
>Insufficient layer thickness
>Insufficient Levelling
>Lifting
>Loss of gloss
>Peeling off of lacquers
>Peeling off of wall paints
>Pin holes
>Poor enemal hold out
>Sagging
>Salt deposit
>Saponification
>Soft paint film
>Steel corrosion
>Weathering of timber
>White Blooming
>Wrinkling
>Yellowing
>Zinc salts
Sikkens: the right color

Symptoms

The coating surface shows a green growth, usually on north facing timbers.

Cause

Plants, bushes and trees in close proximity to coating system. High humidity of substrate - grows where moisture is retained.

Solution

Remove/kill algae/mould and clean substrate. Treat with a fungicidal (or dilute bleach) solution. Where necessary, redecorate with similar coating.