ASTM Committee D01 reports of January 2007 subcommittee activities

JCT CoatingsTech, June, 2007

ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications held its 2007 Winter Meetings at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, FL, over the period January 21-23, 2007. Reports from the various committees are summarized below.

Activities and Relevant Subcommittees

Abrasion resistance - 23

Accelerated outdoor exposures - 27

Accelerated weathering - 27, 53

Acid etch test - 27

Adhesion - 23, 42, 46

Analysis of specific volatiles of paints - 21

Analytical methods-21

Antifouling coatings - 45

Application tools - 61

Architectural finishes - 42

Artists' materials - 57

ASTM-ISO coordination - 06, 08, 21, 45

Awards and memorials - 94

Biodeterioration - 28

Brushes - 61

Cellulose and cellulose derivatives - 36

Chemical intermediates - 35

Coil coatings - 53

Contact angles and surface wettability - 23

Copper release rates (antifouling coatings) - 45

Discontinuity (holiday) testing - 46

Dry film thickness - 23, 53

Electrical resistivity - 24

Environmental Concerns - 08

Environmental effects - 42

Evaluating touch-up - 42

Evaluation of fungal disfigurement - 28

Factory applied coatings on preformed products - 55

Flammability and safety - 22

Graffiti resistance - 46

ISO Liaison for VOC methods - 21

Lectures and Symposia - 15

Light and water exposure tests - 27

Lightfastness - 56, 57

Low temperature coalescence - 42

Marine coatings - 45

Masonry treatment - 47

Mercury in standards - 22, 24, 35, 36, 38, 45, 56

Naval stores - 34

Plasticizers - 35

Powder coatings - 51

Printing inks - 56

Printing ink vehicles - 37

Hydrocarbon resins - 38

Pretreatment of substrates - 53

Promotion for D01 - 95

Regulatory matters - 08

Rollers - 61

Solvents - 35

Solvent resistance - 53

Surface preparation - 46

Technical seminar - 15

Terminology - 16

Tint strength - 26, 56

Toxicity - 57

Traffic coatings - 44

VOC content in waterborne coatings - 21

VOC credit for cure water - 21

VOC measurements - 06, 08, 21, 56

Water in paint by calcium hydride test - 21

Water pick-up tests (inks) - 56

Water tests (accelerated testing) - 27

Wood coatings - 42

DIVISION 1

ADMINISTRATION

D01.06, International Coordination and U.S. TAG to ISO/TC35

T. Sliva, Chair

The ASTM task group on ISO Liaison for VOC methods has joined with WG 1 of ISO TC 35 to minimize duplication of standards. Co-chairs H. Nissler, from ISO and G. Janezic from ASTM are coordinating activities. ASTM D01 will host ISO TC35/ SC 9 at our June 2008 meetings in Vancouver, BC. T. Brooke, ASTM Staff, notified the group that ISO is unwilling to allow ASTM the right to sell, royalty free, ISO derivative works, even when they were based on ASTM standards originally. All other aspects of the MOU between ISO TC 35/ SC 9 and ASTM D01 remain in effect. He also reported that Headquarters will be working to allow all working group liaisons to access ISO documents for balloting and review from the D01 website in the near future.

D01.08, Environmental Concerns

J. Berry, Chair

D01.08 is a point of contact for ASTM, Federal and State agencies. It helps coordinate the testing needs of agencies with analytical talents within D01. It also provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of environmental programs and issues. B. Golton began the meeting by summarizing ongoing work within Subcommittee 21 involved with environmental issues (the vast majority of work in that subcommittee). M. Wills of Cal Poly then discussed VOC content by Gas Chromatography. He is interested in developing a method to determine VOC without having to measure water content. He is revising D6886 to make it better for a wider range of coatings. He pointed out that the Cal Poly reports are posted quarterly on the CARB web site.

D. Salman, U.S. EPA then discussed various EPA activities. He began with Clean Air Act section 183(e), which deals with VOC emissions from "consumer and commercial products" and requires EPA to produce national rules or control techniques guidelines (CTG) for a number of categories. EPA is behind the schedule for completing this work. As a result of a lawsuit by an environmental group, EPA was ordered to complete certain portions of the specified work by September 2006, 2007, and 2008. In response, in September 2006 EPA published new CTGs for five sources of VOC emissions, offset lithographic and letterpress printing, flexible packaging printing, flatwood paneling coating, and industrial cleaning solvents. By next September (2007), EPA is scheduled to address emissions from paper coating, metal furniture coating, large appliance coating and aerosol spray paint. (The action on emissions from aerosol spray paint may be a reactivity-based national rule modeled on the California rule.) Although not required by the court order, EPA is also considering amending its national VOC rule for architectural and industrial maintenance coatings in 2007. By September 2008 EPA is scheduled to examine emissions from miscellaneous industrial adhesives, the manufacture of fiberglass boats and three coating operations: miscellaneous metal parts, plastic parts, and automobiles and light-duty trucks at assembly plants.