# ISO 2815:1973 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 2815:1973, item title is Paints and varnishes — Buchholz indentation test; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 2815:2003; withdrawn / published date is 1973-12-01, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 2815:1973 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Paints and varnishes — Buchholz indentation test _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 2815:2003 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1973-12-01 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 7812,IS,,ISO 2815:1973,Paints and varnishes — Buchholz indentation test,Peintures et vernis — Essais d'indentation Buchholz,1973-12-01,1,['87.040'],ISO/TC 35/SC 9,9599,,[30979],"['en','fr']",5,"

Specifies a method for the indentation test under well-defined conditions on a single coating or multicoat system of coating materials or related products. It shall used a specified instrument (Buchholz). The length of the indentation is indicative of the residual deformation of the paint film. The result is expressed as a function of the reciprocal of the indentation length. The test gives results which may be dependent upon time, temperature and humidity. The indentation depth depends upon the fi ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).