Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Measured test paint volume (ml)
- 2
- Measured test covered area (cm²)
- 100
- Model area (cm²)
- 450
- Required coats (count)
- 2
- Supplied reserve fraction
- 0.1
- Observed coverage (cm²/ml)
- 50
- Estimated paint (ml)
- 18
- Paint with reserve (ml)
- 19.8
Try another scenario
- Measured test paint volume (ml)
- 2
- Measured test covered area (cm²)
- 100
- Model area (cm²)
- 600
- Required coats (count)
- 2
- Supplied reserve fraction
- 0.1
- Observed coverage (cm²/ml)
- 50
- Estimated paint (ml)
- 24
- Paint with reserve (ml)
- 26.4
Calculation method
Calculation method
Observed coverage (cm²/ml)
b/a
Estimated paint (ml)
a/b*c*d
Paint with reserve (ml)
a/b*c*d*(1+e)
Symbols and units
- a
- Measured test paint volume (ml)
- b
- Measured test covered area (cm²)
- c
- Model area (cm²)
- d
- Required coats (count)
- e
- Supplied reserve fraction
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- Scale a user-measured paint coverage test under assumed identical material/application conditions. Positive test volume/area; no product performance guarantee. Supported limits: All numeric inputs must be finite. Only the explicitly described mathematical scenario is supported.
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