Waterborne Coatings

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This article discusses utilizing natural oil metathesis to create novel renewable building blocks that are beginning to reshape many chemical markets, including the coatings industry.

Surfactants are both the enabling chemistry as well as valuable formulating tools in aqueous pigment dispersion.

Shipping water-based products during the winter months requires special handling to protect against freezing temperatures.

Extensive testing demonstrates that this dispersion technology enables waterborne alkyds that offer a performance level significantly exceeding currently available waterborne alternatives and equal to – and in some cases better than – solventborne alkyds.

With stringent regulations in Europe and the green movement in the United States, Canada and other regions, introducing an alternative to APE in coatings formulations has become highly important.

Ceramic microspheres may offer formulators alternatives in waterborne UV-curable coatings to serve as both a matting agent and functional performance filler.

Results show that FEVE resins provide water-based and high-solids coatings excellent resistance to UV degradation.

Ultrasonic acoustically assisted inline drying provides energy cost savings, increased throughput and reduced footprint.

Waterborne self-crosslinking acrylic emulsions are a suitable alternative to SB finishes for industrial wood coatings.

Reducing energy and waste across the value chain, together with limiting raw material usage in coating formulas will become increasingly important aspects of product formulation strategies as materials become scarcer.