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Tools for Consultants and At-Home Workers

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Marc Hirsch

Person working from home in comfortable living room setting

Originally, I wrote this article specifically for consultants, but there weren’t the number of people working from home in 2015 as there are today. I write today for consultants and, additionally, … [Read More...]

Filed Under: Paint & Coatings, Featured

If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Formulate Better Fire-Resistant Coatings

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Wally Kesler

Man applying flame-retardant coating - learn about formulating fire-retardant coatings in the Prospector Knowledge Center.

Fire and heat can severely damage materials and structures. Specially formulated coatings can moderate fire damage in two ways, fire resistance and fire retardancy. The difference between these two is … [Read More...]

Filed Under: Paint & Coatings, Featured

Chemistry of Ambient Cure Epoxy Resins and Hardeners

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Ron Lewarchik

A common ambient cure two-component paint chemistry involves the reaction of an epoxy resin with that of an amine functional resin (hardener). Due to their tenacious adhesion and moisture resistance, … [Read More...]

Filed Under: Paint & Coatings

Optical Properties of Pigments: Absorption and Scattering

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Jochum Beetsma

Learn about the optical properties of coating pigments in the Prospector Knowledge Center.

Original article published Feb. 10, 2017. Updated Mar. 9, 2022. Introduction Pigments are used to give color to a coating and/or to obtain hiding power of the coating. A coating gives complete … [Read More...]

Filed Under: Paint & Coatings Tagged With: formulation challenge

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