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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When a customer buys a gallon of architectural paint, the paint manufacturer is hoping that all of that paint will be used. Unfortunately, that often is not the case, and […]
When a customer buys a gallon of architectural paint, the paint manufacturer is hoping that all of that paint will be used. Unfortunately, that often is not the case, and […]
One of paint‘s most important attributes is its ability to maintain performance for an extended period of time in its intended service environment. That environment may be an interior wall […]
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, […]
In this petition to U.S. EPA, ACA and PaintCare request that that paint wastes be designated “universal waste” under 40 CFR Section 273. This rulemaking petition formally requests EPA to […]
Bio-based resin technology has been a staple of the paint and coatings industry for many decades. The polyol and fatty acid components of conventional alkyds have been derived from naturally […]
[…] attraction. It is functional at coat weights below those that are typically measured by the paint and powder coating industries. At these coat weights there is little to no surface […]