Peter Gribble is a well-known industry expert with more than 40 years of experience in industrial coatings development. He has served as the technical director of powder coatings at Glidden, Ferro Corp. and Seibert Powder Coatings, and is currently working in marketing and sales as a contractor for Sachtleben. He can be reached at gronp@yahoo.com.
As it states in the preface, this textbook has been designed to familiarize technicians, engineers and chemists with the practice of formulating paints. Authors Müller and Poth set the stage for obtaining a clear understanding of coatings formulation in the first three chapters of this new textbook by providing a foundation for the technology before delving into the specifics of resin technology and coating types. Film formation, pigment dispersion and the basic calculations for characterizing a formulation are presented in an easy-to-read format.