SAE AMS 1377 Remover - Standard Test Method for Paint Epoxy and Polyurethane Paint System Non-Chlorine Solvent

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of SAE AMS 1377 testing. This specification covers a non-phenolic, chromate-free, thickened paint remover in the form of a solvent-based liquid. This cleaner has typically been used for removal of epoxy polyamide or linear polyurethane paint topcoat and epoxy primer from aluminum alloys and magnesium alloys, but the use is not limited to such applications.

Coatings that are chemically altered during the curing process, such as epoxies, vinyl esters, polyesters, alkyds and urethanes, become more resistant to solvents as they cure. These coatings must reach certain levels of solvent resistance before being overcoated and put into service; Required levels of solvent resistance vary with the type of coating and the intended service. Scrubbing with a cloth dipped in the appropriate solvent is one way of determining that a certain level of solvent resistance does not by itself indicate full cure and that some coatings become solvent resistant before they are sufficiently cured for service.

The time it takes to reach a certain level of solvent resistance is affected by temperature, film thickness, air movement, thinning (type and amount of solvent used to reduce the coating), and relative humidity (particularly water-reactive coatings).

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with SAE AMS 1377 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.