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Formed Rods
Wet Film Applicator Rods
Bench Rack
Applied Coating Info
Solid steel rod, resembles a wire-wound rod, provides precise metered coatings on film, tin, rubber, plastics, glass, textiles & more.
Large variety of wire-wound wet film applicator rods for paints, inks and more.
Designed to protect precision wire windings of your Lab Drawdown Rods. Constructed of durable plastic and stainless steel.
Applied coating amounts with Wire Wound Rods. Chart that shows percent solids in feet and meters.
Microm Applicators
Fast Drawdown
Hand Ink Proofer
Universal Blade Applicator
Adjustable micrometers are film applicators ergonomically designed to facilitate fast, accurate draw downs.
Precision control of coating thickness, quick & easy one-hand operation. Heavy-duty stainless steel construction that won’t rust or corrode.
The Pamarco Hand Proofer makes it easy to match colors off press, you can quickly test ink color or coverage.
Provides one of the most accurate and the most reproducible method of applying a coating to a flat surface for further evaluation.
Multi Clearance Applicators
Square Applicator
Anti-Sag Meter
Leslie Applicator
Multiple Clearance Applicators combine the accuracy of fixed applicators with the versatility of multiple clearance / gap choices.
Multiple Clearance Applicators combine the accuracy of fixed applicators with the versatility of multiple clearance/gap choices in one unit.
The Anti-Sag meter allows quantification of the sagging properties of coatings.
This flow & leveling applicator is a much larger version of the standard sag meter with an extended range.
Drawdown Bar Film Applicator
CeramClean II
Anilox Cleaning Brushes
How to Select Drawdown Bar
These Stainless Steel Drawdown Bird Type Bars are film applicators that are easy to maintain due to their simple design and rugged construction.
Cleans water, UV and most solvent based inks. It will keep your rolls clean and make them last longer.
Anilox cleaning brushes and duro-brushes in stainless steel and brass.
Learn how to select the proper draw down bar for your specific testing needs.
Drawdown Machines and Plates
byko-drive S
byko-drive XL
Standard Auto Film Applicator
Compact Auto Film App
The byko-drive S is an economical automatic film applicator that improves the consistency of paint and coatings drawdowns.
Automatic Film Applicator has the most flexible design to perform drawdowns of coatings and inks.
A reliable basis to apply coating films to test charts, panels or foils in a uniform and reproducible way.
The TQC Automatic Film Applicator Compact is a smaller version drawdown machine.
Why Use an Auto Drawdown
Cararra Glass Panels
Glass Drawdown Plate
Sample Ease System
Learn exactly why you should use an Automatic Film Applicator / Drawdown Machines.
Black glass is used in widely referenced high-precision ASTM Method D 2805, and related hiding power test methods.
Evaluates the properties of coatings, ink, emulsions and other applications.
The accurate & inexpensive drawdown system that gives organization to color sampling and paint matching in one easy step.
Paint Charts & Panels
Draw Down Drying Tower
Leneta Hiding Power Charts
Release Charts
Free Film Release Paper
Includes 40 slots for organizing & drying sheets up to 8-1/2 x 11 inches.
Opacity, penetration, penopac, display, sag/leveling, logicator, display charts and many more.
Charts with unique surface that can be readily wetted by water-borne or solvent-borne paints & where the dried film is easily stripped with tape.
This paper is smooth-surfaced and sealed on both sides, one side being glossy and the other matte.
Leneta Instruments
Paint Test Q Panels
byko-panel Spray Out Cards
Scrub Resistance Panels
A variety of Leneta instruments including drawdown test blades, catch papers, standards, & more.
Q-Panel brand test panels minimize metal variability in coatings tests.
The byko-Panel Aluminum Spray Out Cards are used for paint and coating application tests when a metallic substrate is desired.
Scrub Test Panels are made for scrub resistance testing and are an ideal substrate for abrasion testing of coatings.
Test Charts
Leneta Appendix
A variety of charts including hiding power test, grayscale, skin tone, and wall matte.
Specific information regarding Leneta charts and card characteristics and much more.
Spray Equipment & Powder Coatings
Sprayability Paint Test Meter
LC2 Conductivity Meter
Air Test Kit
Conveyor Ground Test
This instrument provides a means of achieving an optimum finish - time after time.
Measurement of electrical conductivity of solvents and solvent borne paint formulations for electrostatic spray applications.
Allows you to perform on-site analysis of your compressed air with immediate results.
Conveyor ground test with five steps which informs you whether items to be painted are sufficiently grounded.
Powder Comb
Check powder thickness before curing to help insure correct cured film thickness the first time through the line.
Vacuum Plates & Pumps
Drawdown Vacuum Plates
Heated Vacuum Bed
Vacuum Pum Compressor
These high quality drawdown vacuum plates are for use with wet film applicators and are machined from hard aluminum solid bar stock.
Heated perforated vacuum table to be used to create smooth and consistent thin films of paint, lacquers and other materials.
The Oiless Piston Compressor Vacuum Pump is quiet, economical and needs no water or oil to operate.
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