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by parkersnyder
Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:35 am -1100
Forum: Material
Topic: Paint Coatings
Replies: 3
Views: 7190

RE: Paint Coatings

I came up with these values: Latex: permeance= 3.24, perm-inches=0.162, thickness=0.05 (2 mils) Oil: permeance= 0.56, perm-inches=0.028, thickness=0.05 (2mils) The conclusion is that oil based paint is less permeable (more like pastic than paper). Concur? Kindly, Parker Snyder IBACOS 001.412.325.1827
by parkersnyder
Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:26 am -1100
Forum: Material
Topic: Paint Coatings
Replies: 3
Views: 7190

Paint Coatings

Dear Thomas and the User Community, I am modeling wall sections in North America and my company IBACOS would like to compare the performance of a latex vs. an oil based paint applied to interior drywall, though oil based paint is not in the library database nor as a "drop-down" selection i...