Greater Demand for Performance and Functionality Drive Pigment Development
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Early Rain Resistance and Surfactant Leaching Resistant Binder
The development of an effective waterborne technology for exterior paints has become a significant challenge in the architectural coatings market due to the growing expectations of end users (total cost ... Read More…
Nine Years Following the Great Recession: The State of the U.S. Paint and Coatings Industry
Writing in these pages in 2015,* I stated that “The years between 2014 and 2019 will be good ones,” and so they have been—but “good” is a relative term, at ... Read More…
Life-Cycle Assessment of Architectural Coatings
The functional unit from the Architectural Coatings PCR (covering and protecting 1m2 of substrate for 60 years) was used in this assessment. The performance values in this study were developed ... Read More…
Developing and Evaluating Early Rain Resistance in Exterior Architectural Coatings
High humidity and precipitation challenges the ability of exterior architectural coatings to properly cure and provide the necessary protection of exterior surfaces. To increase early rain resistance and decrease water ... Read More…