Exponent has experience in the field of paints and coatings, as well as adhesives and printing inks. Our expertise covers paints, liquid and powder coatings, solvents as they relate to paints, painting operations, paint facility layouts, coating failures, and product liability. In the environmental field, we are knowledgeable about VOCs, HAP permit and emission violations, and regulations.

Our analyses include:

• Paint & coating defects and failures; architectural, automotive, aerospace, etc.
• Construction defects; homes, buildings, condos, high rises
• Reducing VOC and HAP emissions
• Paint spray booth, spray room, and spray gun malfunctions
• Improper disposal of hazardous materials, including chromium compounds from surface pretreatment, and chromate pigments in primers and topcoats
• Personal injury as a result of inhaling solvents and hazardous paint ingredients.
• Paint and spray booth fires

Sample of services we can offer to you:

• We conduct onsite inspections, perform paint spray booth audits, evaluate paint spray equipment, advise on surface pretreatment processes.
• Due to our many years of expertise in the industry, we can review painting and coating practices and procedures going as far back as the early 1900s
• We use Exponent’s testing labs to perform microscope, SEM/EDS, FTIR and other analytical techniques to determine causes for failures
• An extensive library of reference material and contacts with most of the coating and equipment vendors in the industry is available to you.

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