~~Designation:D3714-87AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceSt..Philadelphie.Pa.19103ReprinlediromIheAnnualBook01ASTMSiandards.CopyrlghlASTMIInotlistedinIhecurrentcombinedIndex.willappearinIhenextedillon.StandardTestMethodforBLACKMARKINGRESISTANCEOFFLOORPOLISHESASMEASUREDBYTHELADDERANDPENDULUMAPPARATUS1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3714;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearof!;1streapproyal.Asuperscriptepsilon(.)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.ScOpe1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationofthecomparativedegreeofblackmarkingoffloorpolishesbytheladder-pendulumapparatuswitharubberblock.1.2Thisstandardmayinvolvehazardousma-terials,operations.andequipment.Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressalia/thesq[etyprob-lemsassociatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibil-ityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesq[etyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplicability0/regulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocument2.1ASTMStandard:D1436MethodsforApplicationofEmulsionFloorPolishestoSubstratesforTestingPurposes23.Definition3.1blackmarking-blackmarksonaflooringsurfaceusuallycausedbytheimpactofthesolesandheelsoffootwear.4.Significance4.1Theblackmarkingsobtainedinthistestarequitesimilartothosewhichoccuronafloorinnormaluse.Comparingresultsoftestsofvariouspolisheswillindicatetherelativedegreeofblackmarkingthatwilloccurwhenthesepolishesareusedonafloorandsubjectedtonormalfoottraffic.4.2Acontrolsampleshouldbeincludedineachtest.5.Apparatus5.1Ladder-PendulumApparatuswith3-ftladder-SeeFig.I.5.2RubberTestingBlock,]51by51by13mm(2by2byIIIin.)inthickness.5.3OfficialVinylCompositionTile(OVCT),3white,305by305mm(12by12in.).6.TestSpecimen(TilePreparation)6.1CoatthetileinaccordancewithMethodD1436orsimilarcoatingmethod.6.2Regardlessofthemethodforcoatingthetile.useonlyonemethodifaseriesoftestsarebeingrunonasinglepolishoronagroupofpolis...
