The Master Painter Australia - April 2016 Vol. 1 | Page 54
THE MASTER PAINTER AUSTRALIA
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INFORMATION DATA SHEET
005: Paint Finishing Standard
within the Industry
STANDARD OF PAINTING
Coatings used are to be suitable for the relevant conditions and relevant wear and tear.
Unless documented otherwise, painting is defective if it does not comply with the manufacturer’s installation
instructions or AS/NZS 2311 – Guide to the painting of buildings.
SURFACE FINISH OF PAINTWORK
Paintwork is defective if application defects or blemishes such as paint runs, paint sags, wrinkling, dust, bare or starved
painted areas, colour variations, surface cracks, irregular and coarse brush marks, sanding marks, blistering, uniformity of gloss
level and other irregularities in the surface that are visible from a normal viewing position.
Excessive over-painting of fittings, trims, skirtings, architraves, glazing and other finished edges is a defect.
NAIL AND SCREW FIXINGS
Fixings or unfilled depressions caused by fixings are defects in painted or stained surfaces if they can be seen from a normal
viewing position.
MECHANICAL DAMAGE AND NATURAL DEFECTS IN SURFACES
Holes and any other unfilled depressions in painted or stained timber such as surface defects caused by mechanical damage,
natural characteristics such as gum pockets or surface splits are defects if they can be seen from a normal viewing position.
PAINT DURABILITY
Unless documented otherwise, coatings are defective if they fail by lifting, blistering, flaking, fading etc. within the
minimum period shown in table below.
MINIMUM DURABILITY OF COATED FINISHES
COATING
MINIMUM DURABILITY
Exterior Acrylic
36 months
Exterior Enamel
24 months
Exterior semitransparent stains
12 months
Exterior clear finishes
Not recommended
Interior – all finishes
36 months
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