Block resistance is one of the many performance requirements demanded of paint consumers today. This article discusses the role of latex in delivering on this goal. By utilizing a variety of polymer optimizations, removal of fluorosurfactant additives from formulations is possible without sacrificing other key properties.
This article offers a comprehensive guide to the impact that 100%-VOC coalescents that are still present in the paint industry (such as glycol ethers and glycol ether acetates) have on the properties of coatings with different PVC based on various dispersions and for various applications.
Through the incorporation of such unique benefits as leak-free operation and line-stripping capabilities, the eccentric-disc principle makes the pump extremely flexible, allowing the pumping of low-viscosity, high-viscosity, and highly abrasive materials within a single process — all with the same pump.
Many waterborne coating formulations utilize eco-friendly biopolymers, which have beneficial properties such as being biodegradable, and contain much fewer VOCs. Today, there are renewable materials that are worth consideration and greater investigation to further improve sustainability of products at the end of their useful lives; these materials are carbohydrate-based polymers produced from starch.
The innovations in modifiers aim to enable paint and coatings manufacturers to rethink modern coatings to include enhanced performance and safety with consideration for the environment.
Dunn-Edwards discovered how to optimize its eco-efficient paint-manufacturing operation by upgrading to AODD pumps, resulting in reduced downtime and an optimized paint-manufacturing operation.
As a leading supplier of industrial minerals and specialty materials with a global presence in more than 175 locations worldwide, Omya provides a full range of additives, binders and pigments to improve our customers productivity and competitiveness.
Learn how one company transforms reclaimed materials into highly valuable, non-toxic, sustainable, recyclable, and price-competitive binders for use in paints, coatings, adhesives, and flooring products.
SUSBINCO, which Teknos is a part of, is a research project based on the search for sustainable and safe alternatives to current fossil-based binders and coatings. The project was launched in response to the coating industry's need to replace fossil-based raw materials, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
