| The purpose of this research was to evaluate how various melt blending compositions affected the performance of various decorative properties such as paint adhesion and hot stamping. Three adhesion promoters were also used to improve the paint adhesion on all samples.; On analysis, it was determined that the adhesion promoter significantly improved the adhesion on the painted samples on a single coat. Polypropylene seemed to have the least amount of adhesion followed by POM and by ABS. ABS is an amorphous material and does not crystallize; adhesion promoters did soften the surface which imparts good surface adhesion. Foil adhesion results were all average and, except for the alloys of ABS, all performed similarly compared to the control. |
