How can I formulate a high-performance,low-VOC, APE-free coating for multiple surfaces, including difficult surfaces like plastics?
During painting applications on low-energy surfaces such as plastics, wood, and dirty metal, complete coverage can be difficult, resulting in coating defects. Many surfactants reduce surface tension, but not during paint mixing and application, and they also create and stabilize foam, another source of defects. Research has shown that EnviroGem® 360 surfactant, a low-foam dynamic wetting agent, is an excellent solution due to its ability to migrate rapidly and effectively to the surface for a defect-free coating. Additionally, it is a coalescing surfactant that reduces minimum film formation temperature (MFFT) without increasing VOC or detracting from coating properties, and it is also free of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs).
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