Canadian Road Striper
Try this link…http://www.potterseurope.org/documents/highways/highwaybeadsts-english.pdf
I always thought the beads had to do with size.
I’ve used “standard” beads when I would apply Thermoplastic to an “Off Road” application = a ring road to a hospital or small intersection or a Shopping Center entrance.
I was then required to use a Federal Spec beads to paint (2) airports. Again…I thought it had to do with size and therefore…reflectivity = the larger the diameter = the more it would “sit up” in the certain mil thickness of paint…and reflect the light of the cars…planes.
So…when you said…”double coated”…I immediately though you meant…a double drop system…now…reference this link… http://www.advancedstripingequipment.com/contact.html
Take a look at the “Double Drop Bead System”…vs. the “Single Drop System”.
This is what I thought you meant = Two “Coats” of beads. Now…just to finish this thought = the first bead dispenser…dispenses the “big” beads…then the second bead dispenser…dispenses the “little” beads…= two “coats”…simultaneously.
Anyhow…Potters Beads will have some kind of coating on them…but I’m still not too sure it would adversely effect things.
Have I helped? Is anything here useful?
Let me know.
Dan
