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Ordering Aircraft Paint Materials That Pass Goods Inspection — Specification, Grade, and Shelf Life at Receipt

A procurement guide to aircraft paint and surface-preparation materials: why writing MIL-T-81772B alone is not a specification (it covers three types, of which Type I is the polyurethane thinner), why remaining shelf life has to be set at the buyer's receipt when MIL-T-81772B Type I carries only one year from date of manufacture, the grades of TT-I-735, what it means that AMS3180 was stabilized in 2015, and how abrasives should be ordered as a sequence rather than a single grit.