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Salt spray tests and the cumulative law

Can anyone tell me if I add Chemfilm with a saltspray rating of 2000 hours and a powdercoat with a saltspray rating of 1000 hours, would that translate into a cumulative 3000 hours coverage?

Rebecca Garski
Manufacturing - Stevens Point, Wisconsin
2004

The answer to your question is no.

Toby Padfield
Auttomotive module supplier - Michigan
2004

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