Research Article
Assessment of Automotive Coatings Used on Different Metallic Substrates
Table 6
Resistance of the coating during bending on a cylindrical mandrel.
| ā | PP | SP | AP | DP |
| Aluminum | NC | NC | C | C | Steel | NC | NC | NC | NC | Hot-dip galvanized steel | NC | NC | NC | C | Electrogalvanized steel | NC | NC | NC | C |
| Primer/topcoat system | Aluminum | NC | NC | C | C | Steel | NC | NC | NC | NC | Hot-dip galvanized steel | NC | NC | NC | NC | Electrogalvanized steel | NC | NC | NC | NC |
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C: cracked, NC: not cracked.
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