3M PB 5000 User Manual

Transportation Safety Division

3M™ Liquid Pavement Marking

Series 5000

Product Bulletin Series 5000

March 2021

Replaces Product Bulletin 5000 Dated April 2016

1 Description

3M™ Liquid Pavement Marking Series 5000 (“Series 5000”) has been designed for use as a durable pavement marking on roadways and highways. Series 5000 is a 2:1 ratio two-component, 100 percent solid polyurea coating material that cures rapidly to hardness after application. Series 5000 can be configured to provide desired levels of retroreflective performance using a number of different optics packages.

Applied to properly prepared road surfaces, Series 5000 markings can be used for long-lines (center, skip, and contrast), channelizing lines, gore markings, and intersection markings.

Series 5000 can also be applied over any type of well-adhered pavement marking. The required application thickness for Series 5000 is determined by the application surface or marking use, and discussed in Section 5 below. See 3M Information Folder 5.28 for detailed surface preparation recommendations.

For long line markings, Series 5000 is applied using a specialized mobile, truck-mounted or self-contained, pavement marking machine. This pavement marking machine applies the two-component liquid materials and reflective media simultaneously in continuous or skip patterns.

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2Product Features

•Track-free in less than two minutes over entire application temperature range.

•Low temperature application, down to 30 ºF (-1 ºC).

•Excellent adhesion to asphalt cement concrete (ACC) and properly prepared Portland cement concrete (PCC).

•Good dry and wet weather performance when Connected Roads All Weather Elements (“Elements”) are used.

•Very low shrinkage, which enables quality installations on most common pavement surfaces.

•Resists discoloration caused by ultraviolet exposure and dirt pickup.

•Elements are colored, which helps provide a true yellow color under nighttime illumination.

•Typical volatile organic compound (VOC) content is 2.1 grams/liter or less.

•No intentional use of heavy metals, lead chromate pigments, or other similar lead-containing materials.

•Good color retention (Per MUTCD color requirements).

3Component References

Components available from 3M:

•5000 Part A White

•5001 Part A Yellow

•5050 Part B

•Series 90, Series 50, and Dry White Elements

•Series 91, Series 51, and Dry Yellow Elements Components available from other suppliers

•Non-reflective Black Particles.

•Glass beads specifically designed for Series 5000 markings are available from a number of suppliers. Contact 3M Technical Service at 1-800-553-1380 for sources and specifications.

4 Specifications

Table 1 presents typical retroreflectivity values for Series 5000 pavement markings Elements. Some variance should be expected across applications, and all values represent initial properties unless otherwise noted.

Table 1. Typical average initial coefficients of retroreflected luminancea [mcd/m2/lx].

	Property/test method	Series Dry	Series 50	Series 90	Series Wet
	Retroreflectivity, Dry Average	White: 1250	White: 700	White: 500	N/A
	ASTM E1710	Yellow: 900	Yellow: 525	Yellow: 375
	Retroreflectivity, Wet Recovery Average	N/A	White: 275	White: 375	White: 400
	ASTM E2177		Yellow: 225	Yellow: 300	Yellow: 325
	Retroreflectivity, Wet Continuous Average	N/A	White: 200	White: 275	White: 300
	ASTM E2832		Yellow: 150	Yellow: 225	Yellow: 250

a.Typical retroreflectivity results represent average performance for smooth pavement surfaces. Results may vary due to differences in pavement type and surface roughness. Increased Elements drop rate may be necessary to compensate for increased surface area characteristic of rough pavement surfaces. Wet retroreflectivity testing of markings applied in grooved or recessed surfaces is difficult since water pools in recesses. In such cases, consider installing sections of pavement markings for testing on either a smooth section of the pavement surface, or on rigid panels (50 mil aluminum). If markings are applied to panels, allow them to cure, then move them carefully for retroreflectivity testing - make sure to protect the optics when transporting.

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Table 2 presents typical initial properties for Series 5000 markings. Some variance should be expected across applications, and all values represent initial properties unless otherwise noted.

Table 2. Typical initial properties of Series 5000 pavement markings.

	Property			Specification		Test Details
				Initial	After 1000 hrs
		White Cap Y
	Color	Coating only	>90		>89	ASTM E1349 -45/0 (0/45) and CIE Illuminant D65 and CIE1931
		With beads		>63
						(2°) Standard Observer.
		Yellow Cap Y
		Coating only		54–60	54–60
		With beads		39–45
	Adhesion to					ACI Method 503. Samples should be conditioned at room tem-
	Portland Cement	Portland cement concrete failure: PASS
						perature (75 ± 2 °F) for 24–72 hours prior to testing.
	Concrete
	Adhesion to					ACI Method 503. Samples should be conditioned at room tem-
	Asphalt Cement	Asphalt cement concrete failure: PASS
						perature (75 ± 2 °F) for 24–72 hours prior to testing.
	Concrete
	No Track Time	No pick-up condition within two minutes				ASTM D711; 15 mil binder thickness, insensitive to temperature,
	(Laboratory)					AASHTO Type 1 beads coated at 0.099 pounds per square foot.
	No Track Time	No track condition within two minutes; insensitive				ASTM D711 with 77 °F air temperature; 15 mil thick binder
						coated with normal bead and Element loading; no visible track-
	(On the Road)	to temperature
						ing from a distance of 50 feet.
	Skid Resistance	Greater than or equal to 45 BPN beads only >60				ASTM E303
		beads and Elements
	Volatile Organic					Testing of mixed liquid components should be conducted in
		Upon mixing liquid components in appropriate ratio,				accordance with EPA Reference Method 24 - determination of
	Compound (VOC)
		the VOC content is equal to 2.1 grams/liter or less.				volatile architectural coatings and paints. Matter content, den-
	Content
						sity, volume solids.
	TiO2 Content	>16%				By weight.
	(White)
	Acid Resistance of	No more than 15% of beads showing distinct opaque				Expose microcrystalline ceramic beads to 1% solution (by
	Glass	surface upon microscopic examination (20x)				weight) of sulfuric acid.

5 Application

5.1Required Weather and Pavement Conditions

o Dry weather only.

o Minimum 24 hour dry period.

o Air/road temperature of at least 30 ºF (-1 ºC).

o Road surface completely dry with no dew or frost.

o Road surface free of dirt, sand, dust, oil, grease, and all other contaminants. o Curing compound and latents removed from new PCC surfaces.

oUsers are encouraged to evaluate the substrate for intersection markings. The recommended substrate for intersection markings is ACC.

oPoorly adhered pavement marking must be removed to expose 80% of the pavement surface prior to application of Series 5000.

o See 3M Information Folder 5.28 for additional application guidelines.