Formulators of waterborne coatings, whether architectural or industrial, face many hurdles as they try to comply with environmental concerns and maintain high performance.
This article provides a set of thickener recommendations arranged by paint type, focused not on chemistry, but on practical guidelines with supporting application data.
By donating that new, idle merchandise to charity, your company can earn a federal income tax deduction under Section 170 (e)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
A wide range of colorants is available for use in high-quality interior and exterior wood finish applications, including opaque iron oxides, organic pigments, dyes, and transparent iron oxides.
With the help of a powder coating consultant and partnering with a major powder manufacturer, Serra was able to increase production and decrease the dollar amount of rejected parts.
All formulators must now cope with the primary question of how to reformulate their conventional solids technologies, or perhaps to lower the VOC of an existing high-solids product, without imparting undesirable compromises in coating performance.
The results from Study 1 reveal that alkoxylated CHDMDA improves the solubility and usability of the CD-580, CD-581 and CD-582 monomers for UV/EB curing applications. Study 2 confirmed that these monomers with a cyclohexane dimethanol diacrylate backbone offer improved performance properties such as pencil hardness, scratch resistance, and abrasion resistance when compared to TPDGA and HDDA.