Abstract
The sealing effect of various sealants applied to sprayed coatings in sodium chloride aqueous solution was investigated with the galvanostatic technique in which the same quantity of electricity is fed to each test material coated with sealant film cut crossly. The amount of dissolved sprayed coating sealed with sealant can be obtained as the difference between the dissolved material volume at the crosscut part and that in the solution. From the result it was found that the higher the sealing effect of sealant the more aluminum is dissolved from the sprayed coating at the crosscut part, which is considered to mean in case of the sealant poor in sealability, sprayed coating is dissolved even where it is coated with sealant and electrolytic current is dispersed. This proves that the galvanostatic technique is effective in evaluating the sealing effect of sealants.
