Paint and coatings contribute to global health in many unseen ways, like reducing the risk of infection, keeping our food supply chain safer, giving us more time to escape a fire, and eliminating exposure to dangerous materials. Get the details in this installment of our new Innovation Insights column.
Antiviral wood coatings are promising candidates to keep wooden surfaces continuously hygienic. Furthermore, growing concern regarding surface hygiene will lead to a higher demand for antimicrobial wood coatings in the near future.
PPG recently announced that the company has received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration for its PPG COPPER ARMOR™ antimicrobial paint containing Corning® Guardiant® technology, proven to kill 99.9% of bacteria and viruses on the painted surface, including SARS-CoV-2.
Much research has been focusing on developing antiviral coatings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Antiviral coatings are known to be a subset of antimicrobial coatings. Some of these antimicrobial coatings possess the capability to kill viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms like fungi and mold, whereas others do not destroy viruses.
This article takes a look at some of the architectural coating trends that have affected the market and will likely continue doing so for the foreseeable future.
