Hardness is one of the important indicators to express the mechanical strength of the coating film. The commonly used method is the pencil scratch hardness test, that is, the hardness of the film is measured with a pencil of known hardness.
The pencils stipulated in the "Film Hardness Pencil Test Method" (GT/T 6739-1996) are Zhonghua brand advanced drawing pencils: 9H, 8H, 7H, 6H, 5H, 4H, 3H, 2H, H, F, HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, among which 9H is the hardest and 6B is the softest. There are two methods of determination: testing machine method and manual method.
