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One of the worlds largest semi trailer manufacturers incorporates OxiX into their operations. After extensive in-house SAE J2721 testing, OxiX has proven to protect their aluminum panels, rivets, and rails from harsh northern road salts. An operation has begun on all repaired warranty trailers. OxiX will be used to coat all these trailers to prevent any future corrosion issues. After wetting their feet with warranty work, they are expected to coat all new production semi trailers with OxiX.

"Why not prevent the corrosion warranty work from the beginning and remove the high cost of doing it."

Featherlite has started using OxiX primer as it is an excellent corrosion inhibitor and it has no VOC’s which reduces our environmental footprint.  Featherlite has found the primer to be very durable and very effective for eliminating corrosion even against the new calcium chloride salt brine and other solutions some states are placing on roads for snow/ice removal.

Featherlite performs periodic adhesion testing on OxiX primer and other coated surfaces.  Paint adhesion testing is often used to determine if the paint or coating will adhere properly to the substrates to which they are applied.  Adhesion Testing provides valuable information about the overall bond strength and performance of a coating.

Featherlite uses the ASTM D 3359-02 Cross-Cut Test method when testing coating adhesion.  This test consists of a right angle lattice pattern or X-cut (contingent on paint thickness) and is the standard used to measure the resistance of paints and coatings to separation from substrates. The pattern is cut into the coating and penetrates through to the substrate.  A pressure sensitive tape is applied to the sample and pulled off.  

Featherlite has tested several samples of steel and aluminum that were coated with OxiX primer.  Some samples were contaminated with grease and oils, some were uncontaminated.  The metal substrates were cleaned, prepped and coated with OxiX.  In almost every application the test received a 5B classification on a B scale.  The B scale classification ranges from 0B which has greater than 65% material release to 5B which has 0% material release.

When Featherlite performed Cross-Cut testing on metal substrates with OxiX primer covered with a paint top coat, the tests came back equally as impressive. The tests received 5B and 4B classification ratings.  I don’t think you can ask for more than that in a coating”