Coatings World - March 2016

Waterborne Review
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and early rain resistance and the desire to provide easy-to-apply
new looks,” he said. “Coatings formulation continues to be a
field rich in innovation. As consumer tastes change, regulatory
rules change and new raw materials become available, paint for-
mulators will continue to use their expertise and creativity to
produce new products.”
The fifth annual Sidney Lauren Memorial Lecture was present-
ed by Kristen Blankenship of AGC Chemicals America, speaking
on “Formulation and Performance Evaluation of Waterbased
2K Polyurethane Coatings for Industrial Applications.”
Performance, cost, and safety drive the coatings industry.
“Safer and environmentally friendly coatings continue to be
a hot topic of discussion globally; however, the adoption of
greener coating technologies is slow, especially in the U.S.,”
said Blankenship. “This could be attributed to many factors,
but from the formulator’s perspective, performance is key.
Waterborne coatings have been used in architectural applica-
tions for decades, but typically these coatings are valued mostly
for aesthetics, ease of use, and low cost. The use of waterborne
coatings in industrial applications, where higher performance is
required, is still uncommon.”
Blankenship had conducted a study of two- component or
2K waterborne polyurethane coatings based on FEVE fluo-
ropolymer resins. This study focused on formulating with
catalysts, which are uncommon in waterborne 2K coatings as

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