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Hybridur® dispersions offer coatings formulators a cost-effective alternative to standard polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) without sacrificing performance, and also offer enhanced performance over PUDs blends and acrylic emulsions in primer, topcoat, and clear coat applications.

COATINO® Campus is an interactive learning and information portal about additives, technologies, and formulations for all kinds of coatings and inks.

The study examines key drivers of satisfaction among customers who purchased and applied interior paint, exterior paint and/or exterior stain.

This innovative new series of poly-Mannich epoxy curing agents is formulated to offer a reduced hazard rating and variable reactivity inclusive of slow, medium and outstanding speed of cure.

This article discusses a unique, biobased solution designed for thermoplastic road marking formulations. The new technology improves two critical performance characteristics in a rosin ester - initial light color and oxidative stability.

Introducing the industry's first color and gloss bench-top spectrophotometer, the Spectrophotometer CM-36dG from Konica Minolta Sensing.

Fibrillated cellulose is a 100%-natural, biodegradable and sustainable material. It performs as a multi-functional stabilizer with low impact on viscosity in a wide range of coatings applications, as well as supporting a more sustainable lifecycle.

Formulations are sometimes adjusted by fine tuning various additives, including antioxidants and light stabilizers, which provide different thermal and light stabilization properties. It is very important to find the best combination of additives to achieve the necessary performance, especially if the final substrate or area to be powder coated requires specific durability or heat resistance.

Hundreds of millions of gallons of solvent are used each year, with the vast majority ultimately converted into greenhouse gases. This is a problem, but one with clear solutions. By implementing reuse strategies, traditional recycling, or most effectively, modern solvent recycling, coatings manufacturers can drastically improve the sustainability of their operations.

While the surface phenomena of coatings cause coating issues, understanding surface tension modifiers and their limitations will allow coatings formulators to create more robust coatings systems.