Weathering and Field Defects
The coating system almost always is blamed for field defects, but there are other possibilities: design of the painted object, poor substrate quality or surface preparation, and the process, including ... Read More…
Polysilazanes—Binders That Make a Difference to Surfaces
Polysilazanes are pre-ceramic polymers with a silicon-nitrogen backbone. In recent years they have developed as a high-performance binder in protective coatings for transportation vehicles, commercial and residential buildings, and industrial ... Read More…
Cationic Stain Blocking Primer Technology
Most water-based architectural stain blocking primers typically have only moderate stain blocking performance, and they are designed to lock stains in the primer coat rather than block stains. This leads ... Read More…
Overcoming Challenges to Adoption of New Traffic Paint Technologies
Traffic marking paints are applied to newly constructed, repaved, and existing roadways, parking lots, and airport runways. In 2016, the volume of the global traffic marking paint/coatings market, including paints, ... Read More…
Innovative Antimicrobial Coatings Providing Invisible Protection
Modern day living presents the ideal environment for a wide variety of microbes to grow on almost every surface we touch. Microbial growth on a surface can be a real ... Read More…