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MIL-P-15931B 25 August 1964 SUPERSEDING MIL-P-.15931A 15 February 1952 MILITARY SPECIFICATION PAINT, ANTIFOULING, VINYL-RED (FORMULA NO 121/63) This specification is mandatory for use by all Depart ments and Agencies of the Department of Defense 1 SCOPE 1 1 This specification covers one grade of paint, antifouling, vinyl-red Formula No 121/63 The paint is formulated at high viscosity for hot or airless spray but may be thinned if necessary for conventional spray or brush application (see 6 1) 2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS 2 1 The following documents, of the issue in effect on date of invitation for bids or request for proposal, form a pait of the specification to the extent specified herein SPECIFICATIONS FEDERAL RR-S-366 TT-M-268 TT-P-143 TT-T-656 TT-X-916 LLL-R-626 - Sieves, Standard, For Testing Purposes - Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (For Use in Orgamc Coatings) - Paints, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related Materials, Packaging, Packing, and Marking Of - Tricresyl Phosphate - Xylene (For Use in Orgamc Coatings) - Rosin, Gum Rosin, Wood, And Rosin, Tall Oil MILITARY MIL-P-15169 MIL-P-15328 MIL-P-15929 MIL-P-15930 MTL-L-19868 - Pigment, Cuprous Oxide - Primer, Pretreatment (Formula No 117 For Metals) - Primer Coating, Shipboard, Vinyl-Red Lead (Formula No 119, For Hot Spray) - Primer Coating, Shipboard, Vinyl-Zinc Chromate (Formula No 120, For Hot Spray) - Labels, Paper Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (For Hazardous Industrial Chemicals and Materials) STANDARDS FEDERAL FED-STD-141 - Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, And Related Materials, Methods ol Inspection, Sampling, And Testing (Copies of specifications, standards, drawings, and publications required by suppliers in connection with specific procurement functions should be obtained from the procuring activity or as directed by the contract ing officer ) 3 REQUIREMENTS 3 1 The paint shall consist of ingredients conforming to the applicable specifications in the proportions specified in table I Adjustment of solvent other than decrease in amount of methyl isobutyl ketone may be FSC 8010 COL - 0051 HARTOLDMON0029577 MIL-P-15931B made to meet viscosity requirement provided corresponding adjustment is made In price or gallonage Allow ance in other properties shall be made accordingly 3 11 The formula specified in table I is designated Navy standard formula No 121/63 and shall conform to the requirements of table 1 Ingredients Table I - Formula No 121/63 Specifications Pounds-^ Cuprous oxide Rosm Vinyl resin A/ Tricresyl phosphate Methyl isobutyl ketone Xylene Antisettling agent2/ MIL-P-15169 LLL-R-626, class A, grade WW TT-T-656 TT-M-268 TT-X-916 1440 215 55 50 165 115 5 to 9 J/The formula given is Blightly in excess of 100 gallons to-allow for normal manu. facturmg loss, may be proportioned to the size batch desired -S'The resin shall be a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer it shall contain 85 to 88 percent vinyl chloride and 12 to 15 percent vinyl acetate The resin shall have a specific gravity of 1 35 to 1 37 Material shall be furnished as a pow dered white solid, not less than 98 percent of which shall pass through a No 20 sieve, conforming to RR-S-366 s' The antisettling agent shall be sufficient to prevent hard pigment settling and otherwise meet requirements of 3 4 6 3 2 Manufacture - The component raw materials shall be incorporated and ground in such a manner as to produce a product which is uniform, homogeneous, free from grit, entirely suitable for the purpose intended, and in full conformity to the requirements of this specification 3 3 The quantitative requirements specified m table II shall be the criteria, by laboratory tests speci fied m 4 3, that the paint has been manufactured in accordance with good practice and proper quality assur ance and testing techniques The range provided is not intended to accommodate or permit willful variation m formula proportions Table II - Quantitative requirements Characteristics Requirements Minimum Maximum Pigment, percent by weight of paint Volatiles, percent by weight of paint Nonvolatile vehicle, percent by weight of paint (calculated by difference) Water, percent by weight of paint Coarse particles and skins, as residue retained on standard No 325 mesh sieve (RR-S-368), percent by weight of paint Viscosity, Krebs units Weight per gallon, pounds Fineness of grind Time of setting to touch, minutes Time of drying hard, minutes Total copper in pigment, percent by weight of pigment 70 0 12 0 15 0 -- -85 19 6 5 -- 86 0 72 0 14 0 17 0 05 05 100 20 1 -" 15 45 ~-- 2 COL - 0052 HARTOLDMON0029578 MIL-P-15931B 3 4 Qualitative requirements - The paint shall meet the following qualitative requirements 3 4 1 Odor - The odor of the paint shall be normal for the volatiles permitted (see 4 3 2 1) 3 4 2 Color - The color shall be a brown red characteristic of the pigment used (A card approxi mately the color desired may be obtained from the Chemical Laboratory, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Poitsmouth, Virginia ) 3 4 3 Compatibility with thinner - When one volume of the paint is diluted with one volume of thinner (equal volumes of methyl isobutyl ketone and xylene), there shall be no evidence of incompatibility (see 4 3 2 4) 3 4 4 Adhesion - The paint shall show good adhesion when tested as specified in 4 3 2 5 3 4 5 Film characteristics - The panel prepared as specified In 4 3 2 5, after a 24-hour dry, shall be smooth and uniform, and shall show no evidence of cracking, alligatonng, or other defects 3 4 6 Condition In container - The product shall be capable of being readily broken up with a paddle to a smooth, uniform consistency and shall not liver, shall not exceed 110 Krebs units in viscosity nor ex ceed one hour dry hard time, shall not curdle, irreversibly gel, nor show any other objectional properties for at least one year after date of manufacture 3 4 7 Additional chemical and physical tests shall be run as may be necessary to determine that the Ingredients and proportions specified in 3 1 have been used (see 4 3 1) 4 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS 4 1 Responsibility for Inspection - Unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order, the supplier is responsible for the performance of all inspection requirements as specified herein Except as otherwise specified, the supplier may utilize his own facilities or any commercial laboratory acceptable to the Government The Government reserves the right to perform any of the inspections set forth m the specification where such inspections are deemed necessary to assure supplies and services conform to prescribed requirements 4 2 Quality assurance - Quality assurance shall be provided in accordance with method 1031 of FED-STD-141 4 2 1 Ingredient materials - Unless otherwise specified, for quantities of faint of 250 gallons or over one pint of each ingredient shall be taken by the Government representative for verification test purposes prior to manufacture of the paint 4 2 2 The samples taken by the Government representative as required for verification test purposes shall be forwarded to Industrial Laboratory, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, or to the Chemical Laboratory, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va 4 3 Test procedures - 4 3 1 Ingredient materials - The vinyl resin shall be tested to determine compliance with note 2 of table I The cuprous oxide and other ingredient materials submitted shall be tested to determine com pliance with the applicable specifications 4 3 2 Finished paint - 4 3 2 1 The following test shall be conducted in accordance with the methods specified m FED-STD No 141 Test Method Pigment (using extraction mixture "C") Volatiles Nonvolatile vehicle (calculated by difference) Water 4021 4041 4053 4081 3 COL - 0053 HARTOLDMON0029579 -15931B Test Method Coarse particles and skins (using 1 1 xylene-methyl tsobutyl ketone) Viscosity Weight per gallon Fineness oi grind Odor 4092 4281 4184 4411 4401 3 2 2 Drying tune - Drying time shall be determined by method 4061 of FED-STD-141, except that the ed conditions of temperature and humidity shall apply only for referee tests m case of disp> te Other hall be conducted under prevailing laboratory conditions 12 3 Total copper - Weight accurately 1 0 gm of the extracted pigment, transfer to a 300 i il lytic beaker, add 10 ml nitric acid (sp gr 1 42) and boil for several minutes (If solution is not cool, and dilute with 100 ml water, filter, and wash with hot water, hot 10 percent nitric acid and with hot water ) Add 10 mi perchloric acid and fume for 5 minutes Cool and dilute to a volume of Imately 150 ml Add 1ml of concentrated nitric acid, 1 gm of ammonium sulfate and electroplate per on a platinum electrode at 2 amperes current for 2 hours Dilute with water and continue the lysis for 15 minutes If the deposition is complete, remove electrode, wash with water and acetone, d weigh Calculate the percentage of total copper 2 4 Compatibility with thinner - Compatibility with thinner shall be determined m accordance 3thod 4203 of FED-STD-141, using 50 mililiters (ml ) of paint and 50 ml of a 1 1 mixture of xylene thyl isobutyl ketone Observe immediately after mixing and also 30 minutes after mixing ' ^ 5 Adhesion - Apply a coat (0 3 to 0 5 mil dry) of primer, pretreatment (MIL-P-15328) to a steel After a 1-hour dry, coat with vinyl-red lead primer (MIL-P-15929) or vinyl-zinc chromate primer '-15930) (approximately 1 mil dry film thickness) After a 1-hour dry, coat with the sample paint of cification to a dry film thickness of about 2 mils After a 24-hour dry, the film shall be subjected fe test to determine whether the paint exhibits good adhesion to the vinyl primer PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY Unless otherwise specified in the contract or order, paint shall be furnished, m accordance with 143, m 5-gallon steel pails Paint shall be packaged level A or C, packed level A, B, or C as speci e 6 2) +- 1 Packaging and unit containers shall be marked m accordance with TT-P-143 2 Each unit container shall have the following special marking Special Instructions Contents may be applied by hot spray (temperature not to exceed 120 F), airless spray, or regular cold spray (normally no thinning required) Where thinning is necessary, use methyl isobutyl ketone 3 In addition to any special marking specified in the contract or order, each container shall have a warning label of appropriate size similar to class 2 of MIL-L-19868 or shall be lithographed or d with a reasonable likeness thereof Under "contains" shall be inserted the solvent composition, thyl Isobutyl ketone and xylene For unit containers that also serve as shipping containers any with ICC Regulations shall be resolved by reasonable modification of size of label or use of warning nt without label design Intended use - Formula No 121/63 vinyl-red antifouling paint is intended for use on shipbottom surfaces It should be used alone or preferably over primer, pretreatment (formula 117, 15328), on wood or plastic and additionally over vinyl-red lead primer (formula 119, MIL-P-15929) -zinc chromate primer (formula 120, MIL-P-15930) on metal COL - 0054 HARTOLDMON0029580 MIL-P-15931B 6 2 Ordering data - Procurement documents should specify the following (a) Title, number, and date of this specification (b) Size container if other than specified (see 5 1) (c) Selection of applicable level of packaging and packing required (see 5 1) (d) Special marking required (see 5 2 3} (e) Provision for price and gallonage adjustment in event of modification of formula (see 3 1) 6 3 Composition by volume - For information only, and with the understanding that weight-volume relationship of ingredients may vary slightly, the following approximation of composition by volume is included Gallons Ingredients per 100 gallons Cuprous oxide Rosin Vinyl resin Tncresyl phosphate Methyl isobutyl ketone Xylene Antisettling agent 27 40 23 07 4 69 4 92 23 88 15 42 , 0 621/ 1/tIus is an average value The actual volume will depend upon choice of antisettling agent 6 4 The paint should be purchased by volume, the unit being a United States gallon at 15 5"C (60F) Custodians Army - MO Navy - SH Air Force - 69 Preparing activity Navy - SH (Project 6010-0253) Review activities Army - MU, MR Navy -SH Air Force - 69 User activities Army - MO 5 COL - 0055 HARTOLDMON0029581 This document has been approved lor public release and sale# its distribution is unlimited _ *" '- `' -` ,^ _ '* ^ '/ - ' ' MILITARY SPECIFICATION PAINT, ANITEOULING, YINW.-RED (FORMlft* SO, Ul/63) HIL-P-15931S JWENDMB8T~2 13 April 1970 SUPERSEDING^/ AKENDMENT-1 4 August 1967 ~ *\, ,Thi* aisendmehfc forms a part of Military Specification MIL-P-1S931B, dated '* ? AffgtfSt 1964/ ana is mandatory for UBe by all Departments and Agencies of . j-bejpeplytmeht of Defense. - "- ' '*/_' ' 5 -i i- > c "> a' 5 *: , `, reference thereto and r .Delete ail referPrimer (Wash) t Pre- T-jt - #^*o*i^tel5|prfajfeta ' * - ?: " 'X. * ,5f,1k#*'M v- - purchase .neats as ,, supplier ............ ........ , ___ a____ __________ _______________ _____ __________ __________________ 6r any othdr^fa.ciiitfe^^vitibie for^ the perforaance <5f" the a|s~ . SjgCglavibtfs 1S&UE. THE- OUTslDE MAftCI^ir bf -THIS DOCUMENT. ItAVE BfiJEN MARKED-/#* SPSjhSIWsTPEbtions, apdition,.etc)- from the previous issue Save .been. ' ^,.^5 # A CONVENIENCE PNrf ANDv.THB GOVERNMENT' ASSUMES NO BIABIBlfS?" i WBATStiEVER.. EOR^Y.IKACCUfiACIBS IN THESE NOTATIONSv"" BIDDERS-AND C$NT>ftCfOR3; AREi CAUTIONED - TO EVADUATE^Tlffi^REdOrREMEKTS Op SHIS DOCUMENT' BASED ,.ON THB'ENTIRE CONTENT AS WRITTEN " IRRESPECT^YE-pyjTHE MARGINAL NOTATIONS AND RELATIONSHIP Tp THE BAST PREVIOUS ISSUE 5' ' ** V -' - 41 e^C. 9019/ - : '*' - ~ - >- > * i ^ ^ *S*3- ~ COl -0056 HARTOLDMON0029582 KIt"P-1533lB AKEHDM2NT-2 ^ -Page 3 (Coat'd) ipeotion requirements specified herein, unless disapproved by the Government The.<oyefct>- taent reserves the right to perform shy, of tha'inspections set forth in the specificatio%, * where such inspections axe deemed necessary to'assure supplies and services conform "to Pre-. Scribed requlremepts "T J 421 and 4 2 2t Delete and substitute , '"A X 1 When procured by Govarnfcpnb activities in quantities of 2S0 gallons or over, on* quart sample of each of the following: cuprous pride, rpfiin, methyl isobutyl tatone, and xylene, plus one pint sample of each Of foligslsg*, vinyl resin and trieresyl phos phate, shall be t^tert by the Government represshtativ^for acceptance testing by the appro priate General Services Administration fGSA), ,laborstory for,approval prior to manufacture *4 2,2 Finished paint, container from purposes by the 4,3 1 and 4 3,2 Delete \lfag- e * # 43 '3 1 Add at end of limbing in Jcolwwf 1 "limeTof' setting to touch* add opposite in column 2 add "4&ei" Add the-foUc<:isV X- ' Ejection,- jll^be averaged* but; |ily fptithe s BHiferlal from anJ Jcoptainer shall re- f , A* V *r P * 4in3n15.r,** ij^X-oteVand ; * . 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