{"id":1084,"date":"2025-10-29T14:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/dry-film-thickness-dft\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:18:29","slug":"dry-film-thickness-dft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/dry-film-thickness-dft\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry Film Thickness (DFT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dry film thickness (DFT) is the thickness of a coating once solvents have evaporated and the film has fully cured. It is a key quality measure for coatings and road marking materials.<\/p>\n<p>DFT is checked using calibrated gauges to confirm that applied material meets specification. Under-application can reduce durability, while excessive build can cause cracking, slow curing, or premature failure depending on the system.<\/p>\n<p>DFT measurement is standard practice in road marking operations and surface treatment work, and is often reviewed alongside a surface texture gauge and output control within spray tanker services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dry film thickness (DFT) is the thickness of a coating once solvents have evaporated and the film has fully cured. It is a key quality measure for coatings and road marking materials. DFT is checked using calibrated gauges to confirm that applied material meets specification. Under-application can reduce durability, while excessive build can cause cracking,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2560,"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions\/2560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmclarkltd.co.uk\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}