Detection of contaminated areas
AssigneeSpåRab Produkter AB
InventorsPer Anders Stjern, Tobias Halthur
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Abstract
The present invention describes a method for the detection of contamination on a surface before performing a coating of the surface, said method comprising bringing a marker into contact with the surface, wherein the marker has the ability of accumulating at a contaminated area on the surface, and detecting the marker on the surface, wherein the marker is non-polar or amphiphilic.
Claims6
Method for detection of contamination on a surface before performing a coating of the surface, said method comprising bringing a marker into contact with the surface, wherein the marker has an ability of accumulating at a contaminated area on the surface, and detecting the marker on the surface, wherein the marker is non-polar or amphiphilic, wherein the marker is a silicone tracer and the method involves detection of silicone, if present, wherein the marker is fluorescent and is Nile blue or Nile red, or a combination thereof, and wherein the detection of the marker on the surface involves detection of fluorescence performed by applying ultraviolet light.
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