Theoretical Coverage

Calculate theoretical coverage and wet film thickness from Dry Film Thickness and % Volume Solids.

Dry Film Thickness (mils)

% Volume Solids

Coverage Unit

Coverage

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Wet Film Thickness

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Alternate Unit

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Coverage = 1602 × (VS% ÷ 100) ÷ DFT
WFT = DFT × 100 ÷ VS%

Theoretical Coverage Sq.Ft/US Gallon
Thickness	% Volume Solids
In Mils (Dry)
	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%	35%	40%	45%	50%	55%	60%	65%	70%	80%	90%	100%
0.25	641	962	1282	1602	1923	2243	2564	2884	3205	3525	3845	4166	4487	5127	5769	6409
0.50	320	481	641	801	962	1121	1282	1442	1602	1763	1923	2083	2243	2564	2884	3205
0.75	214	320	428	534	641	748	854	962	1068	1175	1282	1389	1494	1709	1923	2136
1.00	161	240	320	401	481	561	641	721	801	881	962	1042	1121	1282	1442	1602
1.25	128	192	256	320	384	448	512	577	641	705	770	834	898	1026	1154	1282
1.50	106	161	214	267	320	374	428	481	534	587	641	695	748	854	962	1068
1.75	92	137	183	229	275	320	366	412	458	504	550	596	641	733	824	916
2.00	80	120	161	200	240	280	320	360	401	441	481	521	561	641	721	801
2.50	64	96	128	161	192	224	256	288	320	352	384	416	448	512	577	641
3.00	53	80	106	134	161	187	214	240	267	294	320	347	374	428	481	534
3.50	46	68	92	115	137	160	183	205	229	251	275	297	320	366	412	458
4.00	40	60	80	100	120	140	160	180	200	220	240	260	280	320	360	400
4.50	36	53	72	89	106	125	142	161	178	196	214	231	250	285	320	356
5.00	32	48	64	80	96	112	128	144	161	176	192	208	224	256	288	320
6.00	27	40	53	67	80	93	106	120	134	147	161	174	187	214	240	267
7.00	22	34	46	57	68	80	92	103	115	126	137	149	160	183	205	229
8.00	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	101	111	121	131	141	161	181	200
9.00	17	27	36	45	53	62	72	80	89	98	106	116	125	142	161	178
10.00		24	32	40	48	57	64	72	81	88	97	104	112	128	145	161
WET FILM THICKNESS = DRY FILM THICKNESS X 100
% Volume Solids

Theoretical Coverage Sq.Meter/Litre
Thickness	% Volume Solids
In Mils (Dry)
	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%	35%	40%	45%	50%	55%	60%	65%	70%	80%	90%	100%
0.25	15.8	23.6	31.5	39.4	47.3	55.1	63.0	70.9	78.8	86.7	94.5	102.0	110.0	126.0	142.0	158.0
0.50	7.9	11.8	15.8	19.7	23.4	27.6	31.5	35.5	39.4	43.3	47.3	51.2	55.1	63.0	70.9	78.8
0.75	5.3	7.9	10.5	13.1	15.8	18.4	21.0	23.6	26.3	28.9	31.5	34.1	36.8	42.0	47.3	52.5
1.00	3.9	5.9	7.9	9.8	11.8	13.8	15.8	17.7	19.7	21.7	23.6	25.6	27.6	31.5	35.5	39.4
1.25	3.2	4.7	6.3	7.9	9.5	11.0	12.6	14.2	15.8	17.3	18.9	20.5	22.1	25.2	28.4	31.5
1.50	2.6	3.9	5.3	6.6	7.9	9.2	10.5	11.8	13.1	14.4	15.8	17.1	18.4	21.0	23.6	26.3
1.75	2.3	3.4	4.5	5.6	6.8	7.9	9.0	10.1	11.3	12.4	13.5	14.6	15.8	18.0	20.3	22.5
2.00	2.0	3.0	3.9	4.9	5.9	6.9	7.9	8.9	9.8	10.8	11.8	12.8	13.8	15.8	17.7	19.7
2.50	1.6	2.4	3.1	3.9	4.7	5.5	6.3	7.1	7.9	8.7	9.4	10.2	11.0	12.6	174.2	15.7
3.00	1.3	2.0	2.6	3.3	3.9	4.6	5.3	5.9	6.6	7.2	7.9	8.5	9.2	10.5	11.8	13.1
3.50	1.1	1.7	2.2	2.8	3.4	3.9	4.5	5.1	5.6	6.2	6.7	7.3	7.9	9.0	10.1	11.2
4.00	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.4	3.9	4.4	4.9	5.4	5.9	6.4	6.9	7.9	8.9	9.8
4.50	0.9	1.3	1.8	2.2	2.6	3.1	3.5	3.9	4.4	4.8	5.3	5.7	6.1	7.0	7.9	8.8
5.00	0.8	1.2	1.6	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.1	3.5	3.9	4.3	4.7	5.1	5.5	6.3	7.1	7.9
6.00	0.7	1.0	1.3	1.6	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.0	3.3	3.6	3.9	4.3	4.6	5.3	5.9	6.6
7.00	0.6	0.8	1.1	1.4	1.7	2.0	2.2	2.5	2.8	3.1	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.5	5.1	5.6
8.00	0.5	0.7	1.0	1.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	2.2	2.5	2.7	3.0	3.2	3.5	3.9	4.4	4.9
9.00	0.4	0.7	0.9	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.8	3.1	3.5	3.9	4.4
10.00	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.8	2.0	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.8	3.2	3.6	3.9

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