Actually any material that has to conform to an actual formula or material specification is fine by me for testing. What I do not like at all is someone confusing a brand with a specification. Dutch-Boy max-bond exterior.....is not a material specification, and what is in that gallon jug is anyones guess. Performance specifications do not mean anything outside of the specific test done. The formulation could change at any time, with no notice given, and when used outside of the scope of the performance testing, the suitability cannot be predicted. Without material control, you cannot do testing to dertermine the suitability of anything, for anything unless you have a performance test to validate every single batch, which is fine too. If someone wanted to develop, test, validate and get approval (if needed) of a covering system using a "latex" type system I think thats great. But that would require control of the physical materials, and in the low volumes that would be used, the price would increase. In all honesty, anything but that, would be like telling someone to weld with coat hangar.
P.S. Ron, you cannot control how something is treated after it leaves the manufacturer. That is a seperate issue that does not at all relate to the material control of a product. And if you want to talk control of your product sitting on the shelves, better hope your Lowes paint never froze....but im sure they would destroy it if it had....
Originally Posted by Aaron Novak
Actually any material that has to conform to an actual formula or material specification is fine by me for testing. What I do not like at all is someone confusing a brand with a specification. Dutch-Boy max-bond exterior.....is not a material specification, and what is in that gallon jug is anyones guess. Performance specifications do not mean anything outside of the specific test done. The formulation could change at any time, with no notice given, and when used outside of the scope of the performance testing, the suitability cannot be predicted. Without material control, you cannot do testing to dertermine the suitability of anything, for anything unless you have a performance test to validate every single batch, which is fine too. If someone wanted to develop, test, validate and get approval (if needed) of a covering system using a "latex" type system I think thats great. But that would require control of the physical materials, and in the low volumes that would be used, the price would increase. In all honesty, anything but that, would be like telling someone to weld with coat hangar.
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