Coatings
A coating can be defined as any protective or decorative covering applied to any surface to improve its characteristics. Improvements are continually sought to properties like gloss or matt, resistance to abrasion as well as chemicals & household reagents. Coatings are all around us and almost every surface that we come into contact with has a coating of some kind.
The versatility of the Revolymer® Amphiphilic Graft Copolymers can be harnessed through their ease of incorporation into coatings, paints, inks, lacquers and varnishes to impart or improve the following properties:
- Enhanced adhesion to wet substrates.
- Controlled release of active ingredients (fragrance, biocide, anti-microbials).
- Tolerance of high humidity/aqueous contamination.
- The formulation of “Easy clean” surfaces.
- Resistance to dirt pick up “self cleaning” properties.
- Improved adhesion to low energy substrates.
- Anti-fouling characteristics.
- Barrier properties (e.g. plasticiser migration, anti-corrosion resistance).
- Improved Abrasion Resistance
- Tolerance to low molecular weight contaminants
- Improved and consistent filler and pigment dispersion
- Adhesion to and between difficult substrates
- Adjusted slip characteristics
- Colour enhancement
- Non-Blocking characteristics
- Antifouling
If you have the need to modify and enhance the properties of your paint, ink, varnish and coatings systems please Contact Revolymer® to explore our capabilities.