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Dwight Weldon
Known for practical writing on coatings and paint failure, this author brings a working chemist’s eye to a highly specialized field. His best-known book helps readers understand why industrial coatings crack, peel, blister, and break down.
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Under the Polar Star; or, The Young Explorers
by Dwight Weldon
About the author
Dwight G. Weldon is a coatings chemist, consultant, and technical author best known for Failure Analysis of Paints and Coatings. His work focuses on the real-world causes of coating failures and the methods used to investigate them in commercial and industrial settings.
Publisher information describes him as president of Weldon Laboratories and notes that he had more than 25 years of experience in the paint and coatings industry at the time of publication. The same sources say he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in chemistry from Michigan Technological University, and also completed additional graduate work in polymer chemistry.
His writing stands out for combining scientific background with practical advice. Rather than treating coatings as an abstract subject, his book is aimed at helping professionals diagnose problems in the field and lab, making technical knowledge more useful and easier to apply.