Is Your Surface Prep Working Everywhere, Every Time?
November 5, 2026Whether you're coating, bonding, or sealing, reliable adhesion hinges on invisible surface chemistry. Prep methods like solvent cleaning and plasma treatment are designed to manage that chemistry—but verifying consistency across a part, and from one part to the next, remains a major challenge.
In this webinar, Brighton Science scientist Sonia Stanciu shares new research presented at CAMX 2026. Using robotic water contact angle mapping, our team measured composite and metal surfaces point by point after solvent wiping, hand sanding, grit blasting, and atmospheric plasma treatment, tracking how each surface changed over time.
You'll learn:
- Why manual prep methods fail visually: Discover why hand sanding can leave surfaces uneven—especially on composites—even when they look perfectly fine.
- Material-specific impacts: Understand how the exact same prep method can benefit one material while degrading another.
- Surface aging dynamics: Learn why a surface's starting composition shapes how quickly it ages after treatment.
- Nondestructive quality control: How fast water contact angle measurement can check surface readiness at every stage, from production through quality control.
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