Lubrizol Performance Coatings Blog

Overcoming the Sustainability Challenge Posed by Multi-Layer Packaging

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/05/2022

Improving the recyclability of multi-layer packaging to reduce waste is no short order, but innovative chemistries are introducing some new opportunities.

Categories: Resins & Binders, Packaging

Complying with Regulations for Digitally Printed Packaging

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 11/16/2021

Formulating digital printing inks for food packaging materials and other markets requires a solid understanding of global and regional regulations. Working with the right ink component supplier can make all the difference navigating the complexities and achieving compliance.

Biocide-Free Dispersant Technology for Water-Based Paints & Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 10/19/2021

Eliminating water and biocides from dispersants means more flexibility for paint and coating formulators to deliver performance and comply with biocide regulations.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Dispersants

Application Testing Drives Success

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 09/28/2021

Application testing is an extremely important part of bringing new coatings, inks, and composites to market because it ensures that these chemistries will provide the properties customers and end users expect.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Paper & Nonwovens, Plastics & Composites, Packaging, Printing

Optimizing the Measurement and Control of Viscosity for Consistent Quality

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 09/08/2021

Depending on coating application method, the ability to consistently control viscosity plays a vital role on the processability of a coating and then ultimately on the surface properties of the dried coating film.

Categories: Paints & Coatings

Rising To Meet Challenges of WB Pigment Dispersions

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 08/25/2021

Formulating effective pigment dispersants to reduce milling time, improve tinctorials, and improve coating properties can be a challenge—especially with new regulations that reflect a changing world.

Categories: Dispersants

Reactive Polyamide Technology - Exploring Opportunities Beyond Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 08/10/2021

Explore the capabilities of Reactive Polyamide Technology with Lubrizol for a potential world of applications beyond coatings.

Categories: Resins & Binders, Paints & Coatings

Delivering Consistent Quality Through Precise Particle Size Distribution Measurement & Control

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/26/2021

Optimally determining particle sizes of products and delivering consistent quality is supported through the right equipment and testing methods for paints.

Categories: Paints & Coatings

Improving Architectural Paints With Dispersants

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/07/2021

Not all architectural paints are the formulated the same. Dispersants have a significant impact on the color vibrancy, durability, and surface protection capabilities of today's water-based coatings.

Categories: Dispersants, Paints & Coatings

EIS Yields Faster, More Accurate Results in Corrosion Testing and Beyond

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 06/24/2021

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) testing offers advantages in predicting real world corrosion resistance more accurately and faster than other testing methods.

Categories: Dispersants, Resins & Binders, Paints & Coatings

Lubrizol TMMs Help Enable Customer Success

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 06/09/2021

Technical Marketing Managers at Lubrizol play a vital role in collaborating with customers to formulate, test, and market differentiated coatings and inks, putting customers first and delivering competitive advantage in the market.

Categories: Resins & Binders, Specialty Additives, Dispersants, Wax Additives

Unboxed - The Impact of E-Commerce on Packaging

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 05/26/2021

As e-commerce continues to grow in popularity, the demands of packaging face new challenges and opportunities, and advances in digital printing inks and coatings have a role to play.

Categories: Printing, Packaging

The Advantages of Direct-to-Metal Coating Solutions

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 05/11/2021

As DTM coatings continue to evolve, they are becoming more popular to deliver outstanding metal protection as a one-coat, efficient system.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Using Humectants to Improve Paint and Colorant Formulations

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 04/21/2021

As testing methods for VOC continue to evolve, so do the requirement for humectants. Transitioning from traditional glycol technology can bring new capabilities for paints and colorants.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Dispersants, Specialty Additives

Taking Formulations to the Edge of Performance

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 04/07/2021

Formulating paints and coatings to deliver optimal performance requires an exhaustive look at the diverse variables of application and end use, and working collaboratively with the right raw material provider can make all the difference.

Categories: Paints & Coatings

Why Are Protective Coatings So Useful?

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/24/2021

Understanding why these coatings work so well requires a deeper look at what a typical protective coating system looks like.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

How Coating and Ink Technologies Are Enhancing Sustainability in Packaging

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/10/2021

Resins, additives, and waxes can help formulators deliver exciting improvements in the sustainability of packaging materials and applications.

Categories: Resins & Binders, Packaging, Wax Additives, Dispersants

Achieving Total Formula Cost Reduction With The Right Dispersants

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/23/2021

Choosing the right dispersant for an ink or coating formulation can not only improve product performance, but can also help reduce the total cost of the formulation.

Categories: Dispersants, Paints & Coatings

How to Select the Right Polymer When Formulating Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/11/2021

With many polymer chemistry types from which to choose, it's important to consider a range of factors to ensure the right level of performance for coatings.

Categories: Resins & Binders

The Benefits of Fast Cure, Water-Borne Coating Systems

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/20/2021

The ability to deliver coating systems that reduce dry time brings many benefits, and new Lubrizol technology currently in development promises to enable formulators with exciting new capabilities.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

What are Protective Coatings?

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/11/2021

In this first article in a series dedicated to understanding the challenges and opportunities for protective coatings, Lubrizol shares insights into an overview of protective coatings, where they're used, and common performance requirements.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Pre-Treating Textiles For Digital Printing Success

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 11/10/2020

Customizing the right pre-treatment for digitally printing on fabric surfaces is key to attaining the best mix of desired quality and durability requirements.

Categories: Formulated Solutions, Printing

Improving Cost and Performance of UV Coatings with Dispersants

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 10/21/2020

Using 100% active, lower viscosity dispersant technology can help formulators reduce overall cost and improve performance in UV coating applications.

Categories: Dispersants, Paints & Coatings

Replacing Plastic with Paper in Packaging

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 10/05/2020

While paper can deliver more sustainable packaging options, coating challenges that deliver desired barrier properties can prevent recyclability and present their own set of issues. More sustainable barrier coatings can alleviate problems and improve repulpability.

Categories: Dispersants, Packaging

The Importance of Solubility for Dispersing Pigments

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 09/21/2020

100% active dispersants help solve diverse solubility challenges, helping coating formulators improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Categories: Dispersants, Paints & Coatings, Packaging

Biocide-Free Water-Based Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 09/02/2020

As MIT continues to be looked at as a hazard, Lubrizol is exploring new ways to reduce or eliminate the need for biocides in dispersants and coatings.

Categories: Dispersants, Paints & Coatings

What is Passivation? Why is it Important for Aluminum Pigments?

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 08/19/2020

As the use of aluminum pigments in the automotive industry continues to grow, so does the importance of aluminum passiviation, and coating technology is critical to delivering results.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Specialty Additives

The Essentials of a Successful Flame Retardant System

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 08/04/2020

Understanding specific flame-retardant needs and FR testing methods for diverse applications enhances the success of formulating the right coating and composite solution to deliver fire protection.

Categories: Formulated Solutions, Paper & Nonwovens

New PFOA Regulations will Greatly Impact PTFE. Are You Ready?

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/23/2020

Within the new regulatory environment relative to PFOA, formulators need to be prepared to adapt their coatings technologies to be compliant.

Categories: Wax Additives, Paints & Coatings

New Pretreatment Spray Application Provides Savings for Digitally Printed Textiles

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/07/2020

Lubrizol and Technijet deliver a novel fabric pre-treatment system, advancing digital printing on fabrics with energy and cost savings.

Categories: Paper & Nonwovens, Formulated Solutions, Printing

The Importance of Longevity in Reflective Roof Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 06/24/2020

Achieving an appropriate level of reflectiveness in a newly applied white roof coating is easy, but maintaining the reflectiveness year after year while exposed to the elements and pollution is not.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

The Direct Thermal Coatings Market Is Heating Up

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 06/09/2020

As direct thermal printing continues to grow in global usage for its mobility and cost benefits, Lubrizol direct thermal coating solutions are ready to enhance the experience even more.

Categories: Formulated Solutions, Packaging

The Important Role of Primers in Digital Printing for Packaging

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 05/21/2020

Primers can provide several key benefits for end product quality and for manufacturing productivity for digitally printing on packaging.

Categories: Resins & Binders, Packaging

The Secret of a Uniform Coarse Structure in Powder Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 05/06/2020

Achieving a more consistent and reproducible formation of a coarse structure in powder coatings and overcoming the challenges of cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB).

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Wax Additives

Essential Dispersion Qualities for Digital Inks

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 04/22/2020

As the demands for industrial inkjet printing have continued to become more and more challenging, ink dispersions must also evolve, and working with the right supplier can make all the difference.

Categories: Packaging, Printing, Dispersants

The Role of Binders in Lithium Battery Electrodes

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 04/06/2020

Coatings for battery electrodes have several functions, and binders must deliver robust performance, especially to enable future advances in battery capabilities.

Categories: Resins & Binders

The Advantages of Water-Borne Polyurethanes

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/25/2020

Water-based polyurethane coating technology continues to grow in use across a range of applications as performance capabilities advance, enabling transitions from solvent-borne systems.

Categories: Resins & Binders, Paints & Coatings, Paper & Nonwovens

In Your Corner: Anthony Pajerski Examines the Present and Future of Water-Borne PUDs

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/09/2020

Lubrizol Technical Fellow, Anthony Pajerski, shares insights into his career, expertise, and the present and future of water-borne polyurethane dispersions for coatings.

Categories: Resins & Binders, Paints & Coatings

Performance, Simplicity, and Sustainability for Inks and Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/26/2020

At Lubrizol Performance Coatings, our innovation process revolves around meeting and exceeding customer and market needs - ensuring we can deliver performance, simplicity and sustainability benefits for formulators.

Categories: Wax Additives, Specialty Additives, Resins & Binders, Dispersants

Megatrends Will Help Shape Coating Innovation

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/12/2020

Megatrends have tremendous potential to be transformative forces that are likely to impact innovation in the coatings industry.

Categories: Wax Additives, Specialty Additives, Resins & Binders, Dispersants

Heating Up The Solar Reflective Paint Market

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/27/2020

Solar reflective paint with inorganic mixed metal oxide pigment can help avoid heat absorption and mitigate high temperature inside vehicles.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

High Solid PUDs Deliver Sustainability and Performance

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/08/2020

New PUD technology is enabling high solids, high hardness coatings that deliver outstanding performance and protection to surfaces.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Blocking Resistance in Coatings: Formulation Factors to Consider

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 12/04/2019

Multiple factors impact the blocking resistance of a paint, film or wrap to avoid detrimental adhesion between two surfaces—to not stick to itself or another surface upon contact when pressure is applied.

Categories: Paints & Coatings

The Value of a Reflective Roof Coating

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 11/13/2019

Reflective roofs are an essential building envelope consideration to reduce the energy required to heat, cool and ventilate a building, and resin and dispersant additives play an important role.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Meeting the Demand for PTFE Alternatives to Protect Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 10/23/2019

New materials show promise as PFAS-compliant PTFE options and PTFE-free alternatives.

Categories: Wax Additives

Benefits of PVDC for Corrosion Inhibition

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 09/18/2019

Water-borne PVDC (poly vinylidene chloride-acrylic co-binder) exhibits outstanding protection for anti-corrosive primers and can be considered as an alternative to water-borne epoxy primer.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

The Role of Dispersants in Advanced Ceramics

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 08/21/2019

High end dispersants can bring value to advanced ceramics as the demands from new applications grow.

Categories: Dispersants

Making a Self-Healing Wood Furniture Coating a Reality

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 08/15/2019

The possibilities for wood furniture that can self-repair a scratch are virtually unlimited. And its, not a far-off science-fiction fantasy.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

In Your Corner: Alex Lubnin Examines Drivers Impacting the Coatings Industry

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 08/07/2019

Lubrizol Technical Fellow, Alex Lubnin, shares insights into his career, expertise, and the impact that sustainability, the digital revolution, and smart coatings are having on the ink and coating industry.

Categories: Printing, Paints & Coatings, Paper & Nonwovens

The Importance of Test Marketing

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/31/2019

Test marketing is an important component of the product development process to collect and understand customer feedback, enable fine tuning of product performance and adjust launch plans prior to full-scale launch.

Reducing the Impact of Dispersants on Curing Thermosets

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/24/2019

The wrong dispersant can increase thermoset cure time or even worse, contribute to film failure. Conversely, selecting the right dispersant can have a positive effect.

Categories: Plastics & Composites, Dispersants

New Technology: Exciting or Scary?

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/16/2019

Being an early adopter of new technology has the potential for exciting business growth, but the uncertainty of success always looms. Overcoming fears and collaborating on new technologies can help to mitigate risk.

Categories: Printing

Post-Addable Surface Modifiers Enhance Powder Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/10/2019

New “post-add” surface modifier technology enables powder coating manufacturers to blend additives directly into a finished powder to achieve desired surface effects.

Categories: Wax Additives, Paints & Coatings

The Effect of Particle Size on Coating Performance

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/03/2019

When formulating coatings, particle size and distribution are important factors to consider as they influence end-use properties.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Dispersants

What is Crosslinking? What Methods Deliver Different Results?

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 06/27/2019

Choosing the right crosslinking method for optimal coating performance depends on a variety of conditions, substrates, uses, regulatory issues and more.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Achieving Proper Film Formation in One-Component Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 06/19/2019

During paint formulation, several factors should be considered to optimize film formation to achieve desired surface protection.

Categories: Paints & Coatings

The Value of Consumer & Market Insights

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 06/13/2019

Leveraging consumer and market insights in the specialty chemical industry allows Lubrizol to become a better business partner, helping prioritize innovation projects to achieve our own growth goals as well as those of our customers.

In Your Corner: Dean Thetford Discusses Improving Polymeric Dispersant Technology

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 06/04/2019

Lubrizol Senior Technical Fellow, Dean Thetford, shares insights into his career, expertise, and importance of improving polymeric dispersant technology for the coatings industry.

Categories: Dispersants, Paints & Coatings

Evaluating DTM Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 05/23/2019

Historically used for light duty industrial metal applications including factory machinery and farm equipment, direct-to-metal (DTM) coatings have advanced and are experiencing increasing use in applications with higher performance requirements, such as bridges, infrastructure and even marine.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Creating More Sustainable Packaging With Inks and Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 05/15/2019

Inks and coatings contribute only a small percentage of weight to packaging, but they can play a major role in enhancing or disrupting its sustainability attributes.

Categories: Packaging, Dispersants, Resins & Binders

Digital Printing Takes Hold for Drum Labels

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 05/09/2019

As many industries continue the shift from analog to digital printing, its benefits have now made inroads within the chemical industry. Lubrizol has experienced better-than-expected results after adopting digital printing into its own drum labelling operations, reducing total costs in the process.

Categories: Printing, Formulated Solutions

Protecting Intellectual Property in the Chemical Industry

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 04/22/2019

Innovation in the chemical industry is essential for growth. But it can be a costly process requiring strategic management of IP protections to safeguard and maximize those investments.

Categories: Dispersants, Wax Additives, Resins & Binders

Formulating with ADH-Free Polyurethane Dispersions

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 04/11/2019

While ADH offers room temperature curing and a boost to beneficial coating properties, it has been deemed hazardous to the environment. Successfully formulating PUDs without ADH is possible.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Keys to an Effective Building Envelope

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 04/03/2019

Air barriers and continuous coatings are critical elements of an effective building envelope, which is the primary determinant of the amount of energy required to heat, cool and ventilate a building.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

NMP-Free PUDs are Possible

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/25/2019

NMP-free polyurethane dispersions are possible, using alternative solvents that aid in film formation and deliver the same benefits, but without the regulatory challenges.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

A World of Flame Retardance

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/19/2019

Formulators rely on flame retardants to create a layer of flammability protection for paper and textile applications, providing more time to escape and for first responders to save lives and minimize property damage.

Categories: Paper & Nonwovens, Resins & Binders, Formulated Solutions

The Role of a Pretreatment for Digitally Printed Textiles

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/14/2019

Inkjet printing on textiles continues to gain traction to achieve reduced lead times, customizable products, and shorter print runs, and pretreatments plays a critical role.

Categories: Formulated Solutions, Printing, Resins & Binders, Textiles

Reducing TEA in Polyurethane Formulations without Reducing Performance

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/07/2019

While Triethylamine offers unique advantages in the production of polyurethane dispersions, TEA-free formulations can be just as effective—without hazards to human health.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Surface Modifiers Deliver Desired Effects in Coating and Ink Films

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/28/2019

Surface modifiers are additives that enable formulators to achieve specific effects for appearance, feel, slip, abrasion resistance and durability of inks and coatings. Diverse polymer chemistries and particle sizes are available for a range of applications.

Categories: Wax Additives, Paints & Coatings, Packaging, Paper & Nonwovens

Tape: More Than Just Sticky Paper

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/18/2019

A lot of technology goes into creating tape to meet the specific performance and functionality that formulators set out to achieve for diverse commercial and consumer applications. Saturants, adhesive polymers and release coating technologies all play important roles.

Categories: Resins & Binders, Paper & Nonwovens

Enhancing Water-Borne Coatings Through Better Pigment Dispersants

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/12/2019

With ever-changing regulations and environmental requirements for water-borne, lower VOC coatings, dispersants must evolve to deliver similar performance benefits as solvent-borne systems.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Dispersants

The Indispensability of Dispersants

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/05/2019

Without dispersants, the world would be a much less colorful place. Dispersant additives can be found in a tremendous range of products, delivering diverse functionality to inks and coatings.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Dispersants

Digitally Printed Packaging For The Food Industry - Compliance Insight

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/29/2019

As digital printing on packaging for the food and beverage continues to grow, it is critical that suppliers understand the complex regulatory landscape surrounding food contact materials.

Categories: Packaging, Printing

Adaptable Durability For Water-Borne Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/15/2019

Where some polyurethane dispersions come up short, polyamide polyurethane technologies offer new levels of performance and capability, adaptable to the specific needs of diverse wood and metal coating applications.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Primers Enhance Digital Printing on Corrugated Packaging

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/08/2019

Print primers are critical to success in this new world of digitally printed corrugated packaging. Just like in analog printing, coatings bridge the performance gap between the ink and the substrate.

Categories: Packaging, Printing, Resins & Binders

A New Era for UV Ink and Coating Additives

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 01/02/2019

Advanced additives enable more specialized inks and coatings for the printing industry that are correctly formulated for environmentally friendly processes, such as low-energy LED UV curing, migration-optimized UV inks, and EB curing.

Categories: Dispersants, Packaging, Printing

Inspiring Sustainability, Improving Lives

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 12/19/2018

Lubrizol's founders believed good science could lead to a better life. They understood we have a role in protecting our people and the environment, as well as being a good community member. A philosophy of “Inspiring Sustainability, Improving Lives” continues to be the foundation at Lubrizol today.

Categories: Dispersants, Wax Additives, Resins & Binders, Specialty Additives

A Naturally Low Gloss Dispersion for Polyamide Polyurethane Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 12/12/2018

Matte finishes are popular in any number of applications for their dull, low-gloss, and natural look that is achieved with most of the light diffusing in a range of angles.

Categories: Paints & Coatings, Resins & Binders

Pigment Dispersants Yield Colorful, High-Performance Results

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 12/04/2018

Color is all around us every day, helping us interpret the world, change actions and cause reactions (both positive and negative). In the coatings industry, what delivers these bursts of color? That’s an easy one. Pigments—the tiny solid particles used for coloring paint, ink, plastic, fabric and more.

Categories: Dispersants, Paints & Coatings