Current Trends in Interior Architectural Coatings
Industry Experts Weigh in on What's New & Now
A Biobased, Zero-VOC Coalescent for Architectural and Industrial Coatings
In the coatings industry, the concept of sustainably is becoming increasingly important, whether to meet regulatory requirements or growing customer and consumer expectations.1,2 Sustainability is also a significant driver for coatings innovations.3,4,5
Novel Hydrolytically Stable Silane Additives for Improving the Performance of Waterborne Acrylic Roof Coatings
As global environmental regulations continue to tighten restrictions on coatings containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the need for hydrolytically stable additives in waterborne coatings has never been greater.
Life-Cycle Assessment of Architectural Coatings: A World Without Preservatives
Preservatives themselves play a crucial role in enhancing shelf life, ensuring the product does not spoil before being used, and protecting the dried coating film from biologic growth. The primary goals of the LCA were to determine the environmental impacts and benefits that wet-state and dry-film preservatives play in architectural coating systems and see how reducing, eliminating, or replacing certain...
Architectural Coatings: A Q&A on Performance and Sustainability
Architectural paints and coatings encompass a broad range of applications and coating types. Regardless of their composition or intended end use, products today must meet ever-rising expectations for performance and sustainability. In this roundtable article, CoatingsTech presents the thoughts and insights of coating formulators and resin, additive, and pigment suppliers regarding recent technology advances, ongoing trends and challenges, and areas...
Web Exclusive: Powder Coatings Protect the New York City Skyline
Powder coatings on the market today are far more versatile than the first products developed decades ago. In addition to a traditional smooth appearance, today’s powder coating technology enables the formulation of coatings that provide sparkle, color travel, special effects, and textured surfaces while providing increased protection against corrosion and weathering. Access to the ever-widening array of powder coating technologies...
Achieving a Factory-Applied Finish at Home
Vinyl siding is often chosen by homeowners because it comes as colored panels with a high-quality finish and doesn’t require more work once it is installed. That factory-applied finish does not last forever, however, and then building owners are faced with the choice of replacing the siding to get that type of appearance or painting on site, which cannot quite...
Coating Mechanics to Defend Against the Environmental Elements
Exterior surfaces experience degradative environmental conditions, such as intense UV exposure, rain, and temperature swings, leading to deterioration. Coatings are low-cost solutions offering decades of protection and preventing significant repair costs for buildings. The coating must withstand UV, mitigate water damage, and express the flexibility required to maintain adhesion to dimensionally unstable substrates (i.e., wood) as they undergo thermal expansion...
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 particle transport, attachment, and release mechanisms. While complex, strategic, multiscale testing and analysis combined with particle and surface science fundamentals can be used to isolate the dominant mechanisms. In this...
Increasing the Functionality of Interior Architectural Coatings
Interior architectural coatings today do much more than hide blemishes in walls and ceilings. They often play a key role in the overall decorating scheme and are chosen in concert with furnishings and room accessories. In addition, consumers today expect these coatings to have minimal impact on the environment and have low odor while also offering a multitude of performance...
