What: FREE Webinar
Where: Online
When: On Demand until September 15, 2018
Architectural Coatings – How to Meet Durability, High-Chroma and High-Opacity Challenges
Architectural coatings, in other words paints applied to residential and commercial buildings, and to articles used in these structures such as window frames, metal roofs, stains on wooden decks, cool coatings for concrete etc., find a host of challenges when it comes to selection of optimum colorants (pigments and dispersions). Interior coatings (walls etc.) must have very good scrub resistance (for POS colorants) but not high color fastness, whereas coatings for exterior applications must have excellent resistance to fading, and scrub resistance and metamerism is not a major challenge. Architectural powder coatings are generally of high chroma, and must meet 5-10 year AAMA specifications, and pigment opacity, bright shade and resistance to color change are key requirements. For wood stains, transparency and color fastness are critical. Roof - coil and cool coated - panels require long-lasting and cool (IR-reflective) paints, and require a unique set of colorants. In some cases, high opacity is an issue, while efflorescence resistance is very important among others. This presentation will focus on challenges and solutions to arrive at optimum formulations for color permanency, opacity and other key parameters.
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