1/4 images The testing machine Die paint (below) is bent until cracks form. (Photo: TU Wien, free to download and use) Die paint (below) is bent until cracks form. (Photo: TU Wien, free to download and use)
1/4 images The testing machine Die paint ( below ) is bent until cracks form. (Photo: TU Wien, free to download and use) Die paint ( below ) is bent until cracks form. (Photo: TU Wien, free to download and use) - How can you prevent cracks from forming after painting? TU Wien has recently patented two new measuring processes that show which paint is best. It's a familiar problem for anyone who has renovated a house or flat: no building is a perfectly rigid body. Walls and ceilings can move slightly over time, which often leads to cracks in the paint on the walls. Until now, there has been no reliable test method for measuring whether a wall paint is elastic enough to permanently cover cracks. Researchers at TU Wien have developed two different processes that can help with this, both of which have now been patented.
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