AN OVERVIEW OF TYPES AND APPLICATIONS OF PAINT THICKNESS GAUGE

Paint thickness gauges are widely used to measure the thickness of the paint coat on any surface. Mostly their application is industrial, with the widest range of uses arising in the construction industry. They are used for compliance purposes, measuring coating thickness on materials and many other uses. There are many types of paint gauges available in the market. What works best for your application needs to be carefully selected. Here is an overview of types and applications of paint thickness gauge.

Types of gauges

While these gauges cannot be distinctively classified into categories, there are certain variants available which help in measuring the thickness of the coating on different surfaces. The digital gauge is popular due to its ease of use and direct output. One can place this device on the surface to be measured for thickness and get the results on the LED screen as a convenient read-out with preferred units of measurement.

The second kind of thickness gauge is the one used on magnetic and non-magnetic metal surfaces, for example, steel or aluminium. This is called the Dry Film Thickness gauge.

Non-destructive methods make use of digital gauges while destructive methods require one to cut open a crevice in the coating and then measure its thickness.

Applications

There are many applications of a thickness gauge. Here are the major ones:

·         Measuring thickness of any coating
            Measuring anomalies in car painting job, basically done to evaluate true resale value
·         Achieving compliance parameters in construction industry


These days, online websites provide many variants of the same type of thickness gauge.

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