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Sep 26, 2007 | Article
The quest to produce environmentally friendly and low-toxicity coatings has generated many new types of coatings and modifications to existing systems. One broad (if slightly artificial)...
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Aug 22, 2007 | Article
If your car is damaged, you hope that (among other things) the bodyshop will be able to match both the appearance and the durability of the original finish on the repaired areas of bodywork. Yet in...
Jul 25, 2007 | Article
The term 'floor coatings' covers many technologies and applications whose main common property is a requirement for a hard-wearing, abrasion and scuff resistant surface. The primary types of floor...
Jul 4, 2007 | Article
New pathways were explored to make aqueous polyurethane dispersions without the co-solvent nmethylpyrolidone (NMP). This includes methods to process these materials with alternate cosolvents as well...
Jun 13, 2007 | Article
Waterborne paints have a long and successful history in certain niche applications (see this month's editorial), but the twin issues of environmental legislation and the low cost of water as a...
Apr 18, 2007 | Article
Not too long ago, coatings and their raw materials were produced by a limited range of long-established production methods. But in recent years new technologies have been studied and commercialised...
Jan 17, 2007 | Article
Our main reasons for applying surface coatings are to protect substrates under a range of different circumstances and/or to change their appearance. But in a number of markets, 'tactile' coatings...
Jan 11, 2006 | Article
Many classifications of industrial coatings are possible e.g. by: * Application - transportation, general industrial, maintenance * Type of Coatings - OEM. Repair, refinish, maintenance...
Dec 12, 2005 | Article
Architectural coatings are generally considered to be those coatings intended for on-site application to residential, commercial, or institutional buildings covering the amateur "do-it-yourself" and...
Jun 21, 2004 | Article
Polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) are the polymers of choice for demanding applications. These waterborne polymers are low in VOCs and can be formulated to be in compliance with most federal, state...