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Page 1: Table Of Contents
User Guide Elcometer 139 Amine Blush Swab Test Kit CONTENTS Box Contents Taking a Swab Sample General Description The Importance of Amine Blush Determination Test Principle Disclaimer Safety & Storage Instructions Limitations / Possible Test Interference Preparing Test Part A (Green) & Test Part B (Blue) Solutions www.elcometer.com... - Page 2 A Material Safety Data Sheet is available to download via our website, www.elcometer.com/images/MSDS/elcometer_139_amine_blush_swab_test_kit.pdf © Elcometer Limited 2012. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored (in a retrieval system or otherwise) or translated into any language, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise) without the prior written permission of Elcometer Limited.
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Page 3: Box Contents
1 BOX CONTENTS The Elcometer 139 is supplied in a cardboard box which has been designed to act as a work station and contains: 20 x Polystyrene Sampler Test Tubes (white caps) of 1.0ml (0.035fl oz) buffer solution ... -
Page 4: General Description
Discard samples and reagents according to local, state and federal regulations. The Elcometer 139 Amine Blush Swab Test Kit should be stored in a cool place, out of direct sunlight, at temperatures between 4 - 28°C (39 - 82°F). During testing, samples should be brought to room temperature, 10 - 30°C (50 - 86°F), before use. -
Page 5: Preparing Test Part A (Green) & Test
Test Part A bottle moderately for about 30 seconds. Wait at least 5 minutes before using the prepared Test Part A Solutions. 30 sec 5 min To prepare Test Part B (blue): Follow steps 1-5 above using the blue colour coding www.elcometer.com... -
Page 6: Taking A Swab Sample
Visually compare the results to the control sample within 10 minutes of test completion: Amine blush is present if there is a detectably lower intensity of yellow colour observed in 30 min the test sample as compared to the control sample. www.elcometer.com... -
Page 7: The Importance Of Amine Blush Determination
Analysing why an epoxy coating could not be successfully over coated Amine blush can sometimes (but not often) be visible to the naked eye - appearing as a thin spotty or greasy layer ranging in colour from white to amber www.elcometer.com... -
Page 8: Disclaimer
8 DISCLAIMER The Elcometer 139 Amine Blush Swab Test Kit is a qualitative test and is not an indication of the amount of amine blush present on the surface. This test is extremely sensitive and may detect even minor amounts of amine blush. The coatings industry has not yet established the critical threshold for the amount of amine blush that will cause inter-coat delamination.