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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[…] looming fiscal cliff occupy the general U.S. news headlines. What were the top newsmakers for paint and coatings during the past year? That depends on who you ask, of course. […]
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 […]
[…] emulsion resins, but the majority of the bread-and-butter resins, solvents,pigments and additives of the U.S. paint and coatings industry are generally available,albeit with slightly longer lead times (at least as […]