Adhesion Test of TSA Coatings: Important Pull-Off Question

Summary for adhesion test of tsa coatings Discussion

The focus keyphrase "adhesion test of tsa coatings" comes up in a question from a paint contractor in Baku, Azerbaijan, who asks whether round dollies must be cut around before performing a pull-off test on thermal spray coatings applied to pipework. The excerpt provided does not include any replies or technical guidance, so there is no named answerer to attribute and no consensus shown in the thread text. Based on the source alone, the page is simply posing the testing question rather than resolving it. Readers looking for the procedure would need the missing answers or a relevant standard to determine whether dollies should be isolated before testing thermal spray aluminum or other metal-sprayed coatings.

Q. Paint contractor working in baku Azerbyzhan carring out thermal spray coatings to pipe work, do you have to cut round dollies prior to carrying out pull off test for metal sprayed coatings.

Dave Braniff
Paint company – Belfast, Armage, Northern Ireland
2004