Members Only Raw Materials 2022 – Ongoing Difficulties
Where to start? First and foremost, this article is not about the large, global paint and coatings companies, because we learn everything we need to know about their struggles with […]
Where to start? First and foremost, this article is not about the large, global paint and coatings companies, because we learn everything we need to know about their struggles with […]
Previous studies of the effect of preweathering of wood (weathering of wood prior to painting) on subsequent paint performance have not linked short periods of preweathering (weeks) to paint service […]
[…] from the paint industry, state and local governments, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), recyclers, and retailers, among others. In 2005, the paint industry committed to a plan for gathering additional […]
[…] from the paint industry, state and local governments, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), recyclers, and retailers, among others. In 2005, the paint industry committed to a plan for gathering additional […]
The outcome of a project establishing a recycled paint certification system and industry wide standard for recycled latex paint ensuring performance equal to virgin paint with respect to product quality, […]
As reported in this article, infrared thermal images of chameleon-type building coatings were studied. The results show that when reversibly thermochromic pigments were added to normal white building coatings, so-called […]
[…] universal waste rule would not only ease the regulatory burden experienced by paint manufacturers, paint retailers, paint haulers, and paint recyclers by streamlining management standards, but also promote diverting these […]
THE BIRTH OF AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS “The customer can get the Model T painted in any color he wants, so long as it’s black!”— Henry Ford, 1908. The oft-quoted statement above […]
[…] change for the building and construction industry. This, in turn, signifies a difference in how paint and coatings are not only regulated, but how these products are evaluated, compared, specified, […]
Paint application “feel” is a key performance attribute. Currently, it is determined empirically by a trained technician who rolls out the paint on a desired substrate and then assigns […]