Q-PANEL


The World’s Standard Test Substrate

Q-PANEL aluminum and steel panels have been the world’s most recognizable and widely-used standard substrates since 1956.

These consistent, clean, convenient, and cost-effective test substrates are essential to paints, automotive, building products, and a host of other industries.

Q-PANEL Standard Substrates

Thousands of labs around the world use millions of our steel and aluminum test panels every year for a variety of applications, including color development, weathering exposures, salt spray and corrosion testing, physical properties testing, and quality control.

A wide range of panel sizes and types are available for immediate shipment from stock.

Look for the Q-shaped hole. It's our trademark and your assurance of quality.

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Choose the Right Q-PANEL

Q-Lab offers a wide variety of standard Q-PANEL substrates for almost any testing need. Browse our selection of steel and aluminum Q-PANEL products, use our Q-PANEL selector tool, or learn about which Q-PANEL substrates are recommended for which applications.

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Education

Q-Lab features a broad array of educational resources, including technical articles, white papers, brochures, and webinars, all designed to help you better understand the value and practice of weathering and corrosion testing.

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Industries and Applications

Learn about the broad range of industries and applications in which Q-PANEL substrates are used.

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Document Library

Browse Q-Lab’s extensive library of weathering and corrosion testing literature and technical content.

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Standards

Review setup and performance information on key international and OEM test standards from ASTM, ISO, SAE, JIS, GB, and more.

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