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Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Dirt Pickup Resistance

The fouling of exterior coating surfaces by dirt is no simple matter. The process is complex, dynamic, and varies in length and time. It also includes a range of confounding ... Read More…

  • Topic: Architectural Coatings
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Taking Direct-to-Metal Coatings to the Next Level

Direct-to-metal (DTM) coatings are designed to provide the performance of traditional primer–topcoat systems, but in one coat. As technologies for the development of DTM coatings have advanced and led to ... Read More…

  • Topic: Industrial & Protective Coatings, Pigments
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Even a Pandemic Cannot Stop Paint and Coatings Industry Innovation

Paints and coatings, by their nature, serve to protect and beautify. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the word “protect” has taken on an even greater significance. Every member ... Read More…

  • Topic: Coatings Xperience
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The Use of Engineered Silica to Enhance Coatings

The field of coatings technology has utilized many forms of silica-based particles in the last 70 years. This large, varied class of fillers is generically broken into two categories of ... Read More…

  • Topic: Raw Materials
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Morphological Changes in Exterior Surface Coatings After Exposure to Cyclic Water Submersion and Ultraviolet Exposure

Exterior surface coatings used in many applications can be exposed for long periods of time to cyclic exposure consisting of water submersion or local water surface puddling followed by water ... Read More…

  • Topic: Durability and Weathering, Industrial & Protective Coatings
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