7.3 New Hybrid Floor Coating Technology
(Room 237-239)
10 Apr 18
10:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Tracks:
Session 7: Radiation Curing
Great advances have occurred over the past years to develop floor coatings that have reduced volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and fast return to service. However, the attributes desired from both end-users and facility owners are very broad and can be difficult to obtain. For example, the facility owner wants a long lasting decorative finish that can be applied with minimal disruption during the application process due to solvent odors or a long cure time. For the floor coating contractor, ease of application, low defect rates, high solids, and a fast return-to-service for their client are preferred. There are various floor coating technologies available that meet some of these requirements but fail to deliver everything on the wide-ranging industry “wish list”.
A new UV-cure polyaspartate floor coating technology was recently developed, tested, and field applied to evaluate the application process. This UV polyaspartate coating satisfies the needs of both the facility owner and the floor contractor. The features of this technology include ultra-low VOC’s, high solids, user-friendly working time, excellent chemical and abrasion resistance, high end decorative appearance, physical dry properties, and most importantly fast-return to service.
In this presentation we describe how we used a Design of Experiment (DOE) to test raw material combinations to meet a quantified set of requirements for the flooring industry. The optimum raw material combination was then modified further into a coating formulation to both enhance the performance and refine the application properties. Finally, a field application was performed to evaluate the application properties and UV-curing process in a real world environment.