Paint and Coatings Additives

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Excellent clarity through control of the particle size and balance of flow and leveling through thixotropic behavior can be achieved with these rheology control agents.

BYK USA’s expanded facility in Wallingford, CT, will more than double manufacturing capacity.

Results demonstrate that in essence, the FDM methodology has good potential and value for use in screening or selection of suitable hull coatings.

For yellow pigments, CTAC chemistries have been found to be most effective at the lowest doses (0.1% or less) because they don’t work solely on formaldehyde-based killing.

Long-term, broad-spectrum microbial control on painted surfaces can be achieved by careful selection of biocide active agents.

Additives belong to a broad and diffuse category of key components in a coating formulation. The following is a brief description of many coating additives, along with some examples.

Mixture design is a type of DOE that takes advantage of the fact that the proportions of the ingredients of a mixture must add up to 100% to reduce the number of experimental runs required to evaluate the design space.

Read about all of the additives, resins, pigments and equipment technology on display at the ACS

The most effective way to minimize the number of coats needed for an aesthetically pleasing finish is to maximize the applied hiding of the coating.

The VOC results for a given material may vary widely depending upon test methodology.