Paint and Coating Resins & Polymers

Biobased Succinic Acid

A Renewable Building Block for PUDs and High-Performance Water-Based Uralkyds with High Renewable Content

April 1, 2015

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This article demonstrates the performance of biobased succinic acid in PUD and coating formulations.

Sustainability in the Coatings Industry

What Lies Beyond ‘Business as Usual’ Improvements?

Tony Mash

April 1, 2015

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The coatings industry has made a good start but has further to go on its path of sustainable development. The opportunity for significant progress in the future lies beyond business-as-usual.

Waterborne Polyurethane Dispersions with New Sustainable Solvent

Mike Schmidt

April 1, 2015

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This new product is an innovative, next-generation sustainable solvent with excellent performance in a wide variety of waterborne PUD applications.

Color-Changing Resin Technology

March 1, 2015

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These new blue-colored resins have been designed with input from formulators, equipment manufacturers and coating applicators, and as a result meet the needs of this sector for increased ease of application combined with high-performance properties.

Spray Urethane Coatings

with Hydrophobic Polyols

March 1, 2015

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VORASTAR 7000 hybrid polyurea coatings exhibit excellent adhesion to steel and adhesion retention after longtermimmersion testing.

Industrial Coatings in Architectural Areas

Steven Reinstadtler

February 1, 2015

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HD coating technology based on 2K waterborne polyurethane is meeting market demand for architectural coatings with the expected durability, cleanability and chemical resistance of industrial coatings.

Puzzled by Global VOC and Emission Standards in Architectural Paints?

New Curing Mechanisms Open Up Wider Fields of Application

February 1, 2015

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The commercial success of silicone resins in the field of high-temperature-resistant coatings stems from their unique properties.

Radiation-Curable Components

in Hard, Scratch-Resistant Coating Applications

February 1, 2015

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Aliphatic urethanes with high acrylate functionality result in cured films having excellent abrasion resistant properties. The family of UV-PUD materials examined offers a higher reactive solid content at a lower viscosity when compared to typical UV-PUDs on the market.