Products


MILSPRAY is committed to identifying environmentally friendly alternatives to the high VOC, solvent-leaden, military coatings used so widely throughout the U.S. Military.

The basis for each of our eco-friendly products is waste minimization and application alternatives. Prior to the existence of our touch up products, soldiers were forced to mix quarts or gallons of material. The two component material, once mixed, expired in 4 hours. The left over mixed material was hazardous and disposal was an issue. Often times a quart was mixed to touch up just a small blemish.

MILSPRAY water dispersible products come in 2 ounce containers with an average coverage of 2 to 3 square feet per application. Small bottles containing precise amounts of both material components are provided. This ensures that the mixing ratios are accurate and that waste is minimized. Once used, the empty bottles are placed in the re-sealable bag which the bottles were shipped in, and leaching concerns are eliminated. MILSPRAY Water Dispersible CARC touch up products are South Coast Air Quality District (SCAQD) compliant and ship as a non-hazardous material.

Aerosol, Brush and Roller

Paint Components

These products are available in a small aerosol format, roller, or brush. In all cases the products come pre-filled with the precise amounts of all material components. The roller and brush are ideally suited for those environments where atomization of material is not permitted or health and safety concerns advocate the use of non aerosol paints.

While several mil-spec coatings are available to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, MILSPRAY has opted to offer just one - a water based chemical agent resistant coating (CARC) that appears on the Qualified Products List for MIL-DTL-64159 Type III materials. This material has less than 1 lb of VOCs per gallon and contains no Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). While being much safer for the environment and personnel, it offers superior performance qualities to MIL-C-46168D, the previous version of CARC. It is available in the standard military camouflage colors as well as 10 other colors.

For a complete listing of these water based products please see our ARMY PORTAL for U.S. Army specific products and our MARINE CORPS PORTAL for Marine Corps products.

MILSPRAY also offers VOC compliant material for the United States Coast Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Please visit our AIR FORCE PORTAL and our COAST GUARD PORTAL for a complete listing of products







Clarification of difference between isocynate exposure in 64159 and 53039

Todd Bullivant,
President of MILSPRAY



Lakewood, NJ, February 18, 2008 -- This week at the Army conference I was approached by several people regarding the single component touch up and the water dispersible touch up. The perception was that since both the water dispersible (64159) and the single component (53039) contained isocyanates, that both were equal in terms of exposure to this carcinogen. This is inaccurate and should be clarified.

As far as what is contained in the two systems approved by the Army and the USMC, both the 64159 (water dispersible) and the 53039 (single component) contain HDI monomer (isocyanates). The biggest difference is this…when the component B of the 64159 (water dispersible) is mixed into the water based component A, all of the excess free monomeric HDI (isocyanate) is used up by instantly reacting with the water in the component A and then the extra reducing water after that. This in effect is like “neutralizing” the isocyanate.

Field System

What this means is that when a Marine is spraying the water dispersible CARC material he/she is exposed to such low levels of isocyanates that the U.S Army CHHPPM determined that no respiratory protection was necessary for touch up applications of a 15 minute duration or less. This test report was previously supplied to the USMC CPAC Program Office several weeks ago.

Since no water is added to the 53039 (single component), and the material is cured by moisture, the free monomeric isocyanate is wholly present at the time of application. This results in Marines and Soldiers being exposed to isocyanates.

So while both systems contain isocyanates, the exposure with one type of material is significantly greater than with the other.

I wanted to clarify this issue since I believe there has been some misinformation circulating around.