Author Archives: Susan Scott
Five Tips To Choose The Best Paint For Your New Iron Fence
Setting up a new iron fence is exciting, but it has to look beautiful as well. You are not just going to want to put up a fence that is plain. It will become boring and is going to be rather embarrassing. To ensure this does not happen, you will want to paint it. Let’s […]
Read MoreSingle-Application Copper Antifouling is Ecoperfect
For sailors in the 90’s, it has become apparent that water contamination and the dying off of marine life are not an acceptable price to pay for immaculate hulls below the waterline. Controversy over human impact on marine environments has kicked off a flurry of development for new antifouling solutions.
Read MoreThe Future of Boat Bottoms
New barrier coating combines epoxy and copper for advanced hull protection By Leslee Jaquette Boat hulls are the most important, yet most overlooked, part of a boat. When they are clean and smooth, they add to the boat’s performance and the owner’s enjoyment; but when the hull of a vessel is covered with barnacles, it […]
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- Five Tips To Choose The Best Paint For Your New Iron Fence
- Single-Application Copper Antifouling is Ecoperfect
- The Future of Boat Bottoms
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- Enhancing Color Performance with Novel Post-Add Solutions April 2, 2020These color boost and compatibilizer post-addition additives are designed to improve color performance and reduce or elimi¬nate incompatibility, allowing paint formulators to overcome most of the challenges associated with VOC-free universal tinting systems.
- University of Missouri scientists reconstruct one of Earth’s oldest materials commonly found in ancient rock art April 1, 2020Ochre, one of Earth's oldest naturally occurring materials, was often used as a vivid red paint in ancient rock art known as pictographs across the world. Despite its broad use throughout human history and a modern focus on how the artistic symbolism is interpreted, little research exists on the paint itself and how it was […]
- Specialized Coatings for Gas Turbines April 1, 2020Garret Haegelin, HICoat Division Superintendent at Sulzer, looks at the features and processes used when applying high-quality coatings and how attention to detail is essential for optimum performance.
- Hydrophobing Agents and Their Evolving Demand April 1, 2020Hydrophobing agents, also known as hydrophobic agents, are prominently used to minimize water absorption and ensure a water-repellent effect on cleaned surfaces. These compounds find use across a wide range of applications, from surface protection of critical infrastructure and automobiles to designing stain-repellant textiles.
- AkzoNobel Puts the Cool into McLaren’s Stylish New Formula 1 Car April 1, 2020McLaren Racing's 2020 Formula 1 car has raced into view, with AkzoNobel again supplying hi-tech coatings technology for the stylish MCL35.
