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>* Introduction
>* Adhesion Issues
>* Bio Degradation
>* Durability
>* Film Formation
>* Flexibility
>* Poor Substrates
>* Surface Irregularities
>Algal Growth
>Aluminium oxidation
>Bleeding
>Bleeding components from timber
>Blistering
>Blushing
>Chaulking of enamels
>Chaulking of wall paints
>Cracking
>Craquelé formation
>Craters
>Dirt collection
>Fish eyes
>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

Loss of adherence of paint system on mineral substrate or loss of intercoat adhesion.

Cause

  • Insufficient cleaning / degreasing
  • Wrong system
  • Insufficiently sanded
  • Humid substrate
  • Condensated substrate upon application
  • Peeling cement skin on concrete

Solution
Paint layers that are not sound shall be removed. After the right pretreatment, a new system shall be applied. Poros substrates shall be saturated with [Alpha Dispersion Primer or equivalent]. Apply two coats of [Alpha Topcoat or equivalent].