Testing Equipment for Loan

PDF offers a selection of test equipment which members may use. A deposit is required.

The following is a partial list of the equipment available. Please call the PDF office at 314-427-1114 for more information. 

  • Dry Film Thickness Gauges
    • Mikrotest III
    • Positest
  • Destructive Dry Film Thickness Gauges
    • Tooke Gauge, Mark III
  • Surface Profile/Cleanliness
    • Hypodermic Pressure Gauge
    • Keane-Tator Surface Profile Comparator
    • Press-O-Film Replica Tape with Spring Micrometer
    • Surface Profile Gauge
    • Swedish Standards
    • Elcometer Thickness Gauge
  • Calibration Standards
    • NBS Calibration Standards 1.5-8, 10-25 & 30-80 mils
  • Ambient Conditions
    • PTC Surface Temperature Thermometer 0 - 500 F  50 - 750 F
    • Taylor Sling Psychrometer
  • Holiday and Pinhole Detection
    • Tinker & Rasor (Low Voltage)
  • Miscellaneous
    • Elcometer Adhesion Tester 0 - 500 lbs.
    • Delmhorst Moisture Indicator
    • Zahn Viscosity Cups #2 & #3

PDF Benefits You.

From quick access to a safety consultant and reimbursement for hazardous waste disposal to a chance to golf with your fellow contractors and an open line of communication with the union - PDF exists to serve St. Louis area union painting, wallcovering and drywall taping contractors.

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  • 1605 Fairview Ave.
  • Overland, MO 63132
  • 314-427-1114