ASTM D 4712 - 87a (Reapproved 2005) Standard Guide for Testing Industrial Water-Reducible Coatings

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved May 15, 2005. Published July 2005. Originally approved in 1987. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as D 4712 – 97a (2001). 8 p. This guide covers the selection and use of procedures for testing water-reducible coatings, both pigmented and clear, utilizing synthetic latices, synthetic resin emulsions, or waterreducible alkyds. The methods included are listed in Table
1. Where more than one standard is listed for the same characteristic, no attempt is made to indicate superiority of one standard over another. Selection of the standards to be followed must be governed by experience and the requirements in each individual case, together with agreement between producer and user.