A reader from Vietnam asks Joe if there is a way to reduce the hardness of powder coatings. She is using a polyester resin for a powder coating with a pencil hardness of 3H. However, her customer requires 1H hardness.
The famous Zagreb Cathedral in Croatia was looking for anoptimal solution for maintaining or improving the mechanical resistance and structural stability of the tower. The faculty of mechanical engineering and naval architecture of Zagreb was called in to examine the joints and recommended various corrosion mitigation techniques.
A new functional additive based on siloxane polyacrylate technology was developed to provide an outstanding, easy-to-clean surface or anti-graffiti effect in water-based coatings.
With greater flexibility than limited traditional equipment, modern, multi-functional instruments can ensure reliable coating performance by measuring critical characteristics like friction, peel, wear, and scratch resistance.
The fire-retardant and fire-suppression coatings market explore the use of expandable graphite flakes that can be used in multiple layers of the composite.
Grace Matthews reports on continued challenges and opportunities ahead in 2023 after low levels of M&A activity in 2022 due to high interest rates, global economic uncertainty, political instability, and other factors.
Dispersing agents that are suitable for all types of pigments create opportunities to simplify the process of producing high-performance waterborne pigment preparations without the need for extensive pre-testing phases.
A coatings market case study demonstrates business decision-making using a tool that fuses cutting-edge research methodology with sector knowledge in order to achieve better results.
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