10/11/2010
"Airless Spray" means a spray coating method in which the coating is atomized by forcing it through a small nozzle at high pressure. The coating is not mixed with air before exiting from the nozzle opening.
"As supplied" means the VOC and solids content of a coating or coating component as sold and delivered to the end user.
"Automotive coating" means a coating or coating component used or recommended for use in motor vehicle or mobile equipment refinishing, service, maintenance, repair, restoration, or modification, except metal plating activities. A reference to automotive refinishing or automobile coating included on the container, on a label affixed to the container or in sales, advertising, technical or product literature constitutes a recommendation for use in motor vehicle or mobile equipment refinishing and recoating.
"Automotive coating component" means a portion of a coating, including a reducer or thinner, toner, hardener, or additive, which is recommended by a person to distributors or end-users for use in an automotive coating, or which is supplied for or used in an automotive coating. Raw materials used to produce the components are not considered automotive coating components.
"Automotive pretreatment coating" means a coating that contains a minimum of 0.5% acid by weight and not more than 16% solids by weight necessary to provide surface etching and is labeled and formulated for application directly to bare metal surfaces to provide corrosion resistance and adhesion.
"Automotive primer" means a coating, which may be pigmented, labeled and formulated for application to a substrate to provide one or more of; a bond between the substrate and subsequent coats; corrosion resistance; a smooth substrate surface; and, resistance to penetration of subsequent coats and on which a subsequent coating is applied.
"Automotive refinishing facility" means a shop, business, location, or parcel of land where motor vehicles or mobile equipment or their associated parts and components are coated, including autobody collision repair shops, but not including the original equipment manufacturing plant where new motor vehicles or new mobile equipment is assembled.
"Cavity wax" means a coating applied into the cavities of the vehicle primarily for the purpose of enhancing corrosion protection.
"Cleaning operation" means the removal of loosely held uncured adhesives, inks, coatings, or contaminants, including, but not limited to, dirt, soil, or grease from motor vehicles, mobile equipment, associated parts and components, substrates, products, tools, machinery, equipment, or general work areas.
"Cleaning solvent" means a fluid containing VOC used to perform surface preparation, or cleaning of surface coating equipment. Cleaning solvent does not include thinners, reducers or other solvents that may be used to adjust the solvent content of coatings.
"Clear coating" means a coating that contains no pigments and is labeled and formulated for application over a color coating or clear coating. A clear coating may contain talc or silica which are not considered pigments for the purposes of this regulation.
"Coating" means, for the purposes of this regulation, a material applied to a substrate for decorative, protective, or functional purposes.
"Color coating" means a pigmented coating, excluding adhesion promoters, primers, and multicolor coatings, that requires a subsequent clear coating and which is applied over a primer, adhesion promoter, or color coating. Color coating includes metallic/iridescent coatings.
"Coating solids" means the nonvolatile portion of the coating that makes up the dry film.
"Deadener" means a coating applied to selected vehicle surfaces primarily for the purpose of reducing the sound of road noise in the passenger compartment.
"Electrostatic spray" means the application of charged atomized paint droplets that are deposited by electrostatic attraction.
"Gasket/sealing material" means a fluid applied to coat a gasket or replace and perform the same function as a gasket including room temperature vulcanization (RTV) seal material.
"Graphic arts operation" means the application of logos, letters, numbers, or graphics to a painted surface by brush, roller, or airbrush.
"High Volume Low Pressure" or "(HVLP)" means a method of spraying a coating, that improves the transfer efficiency while maintaining the air pressure between 0.1 and 10 pounds per square inch gauge (psig).
"Low-solids coating" means a coating containing 0.12 kilogram or less of solids per liter (one pound or less solids per gallon) of coating material.
"Lubricating wax/compound" means a protective lubricating material applied to vehicle hubs and hinges.
"Metallic/iridescent color coating" means a coating that contains more than five grams per liter (0.042 pounds per gallon) of metal or iridescent particles as applied, where the particles are visible in the dried film.
"Mobile equipment" means any equipment that is physically capable of being driven or drawn upon a highway including, but not limited to, the following types of equipment: automobiles; trucks, truck cabs, truck bodies; buses; motorcycles; ground support vehicles, used in support of aircraft activities at airports; construction vehicles (such as mobile cranes, bulldozers, concrete mixers); farming equipment (such as wheel tractors, plows, and pesticide sprayers); hauling equipment (such as truck trailers, utility bodies, and camper shells); and miscellaneous equipment (such as street cleaners and golf carts).
"Multicolor coating" means a coating that exhibits more than one color in the dried film after a single application, is packaged in a single container, hides surface defects on areas of heavy use, and is applied over a primer or adhesion promoter.
"Other automotive coating type" means, for the purposes of this regulation, an automotive coating that does not meet the definitions for the specified automotive coating categories in Table 11-1.
"Sealer" means a high viscosity material with a primary purpose to fill body joints completely so there is no intrusion of water, gases or corrosive materials into the passenger area of the body compartment. Sealer is also referred to as sealant or caulk.
"Single-stage coating" means a pigmented coating, excluding automotive primers and multicolor coatings, labeled and formulated for application without a subsequent clear coat and includes single-stage metallic/iridescent coatings.
"Solvent" means a fluid containing VOC added to a coating, including, but not limited to, reducers and thinners.
"Spot repair" means repair of an area of less than one panel in size on a motor vehicle, piece of mobile equipment, or associated parts or components. There are several coating operations unique to spot repair that utilize a uniform finish solvent and in some cases a blend of such solvent with appropriate film forming solids. As the blend required and the appropriate VOC content may vary depending upon the nature and extent of the spot repair, no VOC limits are specified for this operation which is limited to spot repair.
"Temporary protective coating" means a coating labeled and formulated for the purpose of temporarily protecting areas from overspray or mechanical damage.
"Truck bed liner coating" means a coating, excluding clear, color, multi color and single-stage coatings, labeled and formulated for application to a cargo bed, after the application of topcoat, to protect it from surface abrasion and provide additional durability and chip resistance.
"Trunk interior coating" means a coating applied to the trunk interior to provide chip protection.
"Underbody coating" means a coating labeled and formulated for application to wheel wells, the inside of door panels or fenders, the underside of a trunk or hood, or the underside of the motor vehicle.
VOC coating regulatory content = (Wv - Ww - Wec) (Equation 11-1)
(Vm - Vw - Vec)
Where:
VOC coating regulatory content = VOC content in grams per liter (g/l)
Wv = Weight of total volatiles in grams (g)
Ww = Weight of water in grams (g)
Wec = Weight of exempt compounds in grams (g)
Vm = Volume of material (coating, including water and exempt compounds) in liters (l)
Vw = Volume of water in liters (l)
Vec = Volume of exempt compounds in liters (l)
Table 11-1: Allowable VOC Content
Coating Category | VOC REGULATORY - AS APPLIED | |
lb/gal | gm/l | |
Adhesion promoter | 4.5 | 540 |
Automotive pretreatment coating | 5.5 | 660 |
Automotive primer | 2.1 | 250 |
Cavity wax | 5.4 | 650 |
Clear coating | 2.1 | 250 |
Color coating | 3.5 | 420 |
Deadener | 5.4 | 650 |
Gasket/gasket sealing material | 1.7 | 200 |
Lubricating wax/compound | 5.8 | 700 |
Multicolor coating | 5.7 | 680 |
Sealer | 5.4 | 650 |
Single-stage coating | 2.8 | 340 |
Temporary protective coating | 0.5 | 60 |
Truck bed liner coating | 1.7 | 200 |
Trunk interior coating | 5.4 | 650 |
Underbody coating | 3.6 | 430 |
All other coating types | 2.1 | 250 |
Vm
Where:
VOC content = VOC content (or actual) in grams per liter (g/l)
Wv = Weight of total volatiles in grams (g)
Ww = Weight of water in grams (g)
Wec= Weight of exempt compounds in grams (g)
Vm = Volume of material (coating or cleaning solvent, as applicable, including water and exempt compounds) in liters (l)
YY DDD
where,
YY = represents the year the coating was manufactured
DDD = represents the Julian date
7 Del. Admin. Code § 1124-11.0