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Westminster Abbey

Powder Coatings Protect Historic Addition to Westminster Abbey

December 3, 2018
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History has been made at Westminster Abbey in London with the first major addition to the famous church since 1745 - and AkzoNobel has supplied products for the prestigious project.
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[Hotel’s Contemporary Color-Changing Exterior Enhanced with Superior Coating System

Hotel’s Contemporary Color-Changing Exterior Enhanced with Superior Coating System

November 1, 2018
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Beckers' BeckryFluor and BeckryFlon, which were used to give the Novotel Hotel its unique hue-changing color and the protective topcoat, provide a plethora of benefits when applied to architectural surfaces.
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Non-Leaching Reactive Surfactants for Architectural Latex Binders

Nathan Noyes
October 10, 2018
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Maxemul reactive surfactants act as efficient emulsifiers providing colloidal stability and are chemically bonded to the polymer particles during free radical polymerization. The enhanced stability and mitigation of surfactant leaching during and after film forming significantly improve water resistance and barrier properties of the latex binder as a replacement of conventional surfactants.
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Textured Coatings

Mexico Buildings are Coated to Last

October 1, 2018
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Some of Mexico's largest commercial properties are being built and refurbished for the ages with the help of Textured Coatings of America, Inc.
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Building an Industrial Wood Finish

Building an Industrial Wood Finish, Part 2

View from a Third-Generation Supplier and Manufacturer
Robert Cox
September 25, 2018
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This two-part article has focused on the four interdependent aspects of a wood finish: the products, execution, environmental regulations and quality control.
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Pre-Treating Various Woods with High-Performance Light Stabilizers

Yung-Chi Yang Yu-Shu Sung Yin-Ting Lai Chung-Han Lu Steven Lee Dr. Yao-Hsing Huang
September 20, 2018
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This article is a comparison study using an accelerated weathering method to test different wood types pretreated with and without Eversorb SB in different co-solvents.
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Waterborne Primers Providing the Base for Exceptional Topcoat Performance

Jocelyn M. Gruver Paul Doll
September 10, 2018
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As demonstrated by the real-world exposures presented in this article, use of a primer is very beneficial over even the most challenging substrates. In some cases, the lifetime of the topcoat can be extended by over three years when a primer is used.
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beckers

Eye-Catching District Centerpiece Features Beckers-Fortified Coating System

September 1, 2018
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The 262-foot Limmat Tower is regarded as the centerpiece of one of Dietikon, Switzerland's newer districts, Limmatfeld. And its coated with a coating system from Beckers.


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paint recycling

Paint Recycling: From Its Disposal, Reuse to Recycling

August 1, 2018
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Paint is a recyclable product, but the disposable methods tend to vary, as different types of paints need to be disposed of in different ways according to the economics of recycling. What you choose to do with your leftover paint establishes whether that paint will go on to have another life or not after you discard it.


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First-Ever Anti-Mosquito Paint Approved By the EPA

First-Ever Anti-Mosquito Paint Approved By the EPA

August 1, 2018
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This anti-mosquito paint is the only anti-mosquito paint that is approved by the EPA. It is currently approved in Uganda and Zambia and is expected to be available in the U.S. by summer of 2018.
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