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16 Mechanical properties of paints and coatings T A Strivens 16.1 Introduction The mechanical properties of paint and coatings are of paramount importance in maintaining the important protective as well as to a lesser extent the decorative functions of such treatments during their service life. Paint films are subject to a great variety of mechanical forces and deformations. Thus they may suffer large forces concentrated over a small surface area for very short times, as in the impact of stones, gravel, etc. on car body paints, or they may