Industrial Coatings API

Industrial and protective-coatings maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the film-build numbers a coatings inspector, painter or estimator works to, the ones simple paint estimating skips. The coverage endpoint gives theoretical and practical coverage from the coating's volume solids and the target dry film thickness: coverage = 1604 × the volume-solids fraction ÷ the DFT in mils, where 1604 is the square feet a gallon covers at one mil — so a 50 %-solids coating at 2 mils dry covers about 401 ft² per gallon, less a loss factor for overspray and surface profile. The film-thickness endpoint converts between wet and dry film thickness through the volume solids: WFT = DFT ÷ the solids fraction, because the solvent flashes off and the film shrinks, so a 50 %-solids coating laid 4 mils wet dries to 2 mils — the number you check with a wet-film comb as you spray. The transfer-efficiency endpoint gives the real material needed: theoretical gallons ÷ the transfer efficiency, since conventional spray lands only ~25 % on the part, HVLP ~65 %, electrostatic up to ~95 %. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for coatings-estimating and inspection apps, industrial-painting and protective-coating tools, NACE/SSPC study aids, and spec calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 compute endpoints. For simple wall-paint area estimating use a paint API.