Paint, Coating and Adhesive Testing and Analysis

Paints and coatings as well as adhesive formulations are usually complex mixtures and often require extensive lab analyses to determine the content and identification of the individual components. Typical compositions contain a polymer or resin (either natural or synthetic) and other components include solvents, fillers, stabilizers, plasticizers, pigments, hardeners, etc. which all are essential to the products performance.

Green Globe Laboratories (previously known as Fitzsimmons & Associates) has many years of experience in the testing of these products. Procedures for the analyses usually involve the separation of the components by a variety of techniques followed by determination of identification and percent content.

Methods used in this laboratory include molecular spectroscopy, liquid and gas chromatography, solvent and solid phase extraction, thermal analysis, distillation and microscopic techniques.