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221 rv. r>MPTL Qjr/Jtr Key Sipway nfcntfaaeTy^triH StH^ur* )0, WarrUai leartngtcn WWI TVX UJ3 U*4 Mvtritt tiMeiiUa 60 Imi l?t>3 Strict hew Tort 17, i* X, V have experienced considerable difficulty reoently is blistering ond |iMm of heeltapping paint" on chip*. This tnt, as jroo oro well mo t ;, la k m tines oas*; lately eubntrgad is 1ne voter, and sane tlecs la per' .on co^lctely exposed, nth on Intermediate oroo which la alternately exposed end lenereed, Wo hrvo hod .'Jtlc lir trouble with the from bocttapplng, hot hero also experienced this trootla la other imi, The problsai Is aurmtad still further Ip the higher spools that tha new ships oro attaining. Wo Beta la tbo literature of tho Load Industries Association, to vhloh vo wader, stand poo hors contribetad, wary types cf suggestions, son* for alkyd typo vehicle, scaoo lor poenollc, .->d suae for oil, ond bland, of thaoa. Oar expciionce with oil typos, os I think you will agree, la that although tha wotting action is bettor, tha oalt cater realstance la too lew to prowont b 11ataring conditions, hows had variable tvpeo of roaalta with tllcyd bosod vehicles, Phanoliea appoor la bo better, bet havo presented o problaa of lr.tcr-coat adhesion, particularly whoa ropalatlag after a length of tine. These probleee, sad mrgr wrt rolatlng both to prljdng ond finishing tho boottopping r* end tho artcrlor rurfaoes of tha Mp, art or-c of li-- ditto urgency to m It would bo greatly appreciated if /ya could rlvo so yots* complete saunts and sugrtstion, or p*rhap you eight rr wM that I "pond o d<qr at yor laboratory in disc sating three pioblans with /oj- tec hr. 1:*1 p> renewal, I would also liks te rlalt any exposer* recks which you eajr havo ir. which you havo aoterlolo of variows pigmentations anrf rahtele eonpoeltlona exposed for tests, I aa also Interacted in knowing your results In correlation between salt spray testa ond actual expeaurs oondltlora. Of courts, we reallt* the* penal preparation In tha laboratory la a far try tram oendltlon* encountered in snip pelrttng whore pstr.t wlU bo applied wtdor adverse conditions of tseparators, hwtldlty, ond cvesy thing Uwaglnablt, Tetr l**ediata rwply to this batter would bo greatly appreciated, Tory truly yoare, t k x rujon. ocmanr M rvrm stm. Technical diroetcur