New Products
Low-VOC Concrete Floor Coating
DSM Desotech has introduced UVolve® Instant
Floor Coatings, which are designed to cure immediately with UV light from a UV light curing machine. They are low odor and contain no VOCs,
making them an environmentally friendly concrete floor coating option. The UVolve line has
been developed to give floors improved hardness,
wear, chemical, and scratch resistance, and less
slip. For more details: www.uvolvecoatings.com.
Concrete & Garage Floor Paint. Seal-Krete Epoxy-Seal is a one-part, epoxy-fortified concrete floor paint that is UV-resistant, can be used indoors and
outdoors, and offers protection against
oil stains, chemical spills, and hot tire
marks. Reportedly a low odor and low-VOC product, Seal-Krete Epoxy-Seal
dries to a smooth satin finish and resists scuffing, peeling, blistering, and
fading. It is available in 18 tintable colors and three pre-mixed colors. For further details: 800.325.6180 or www.
seal-krete.com.
Dual Colorent Dispenser
Fluid Management Inc. has announced
the introduction of the Accutinter 1500
Dual Colorant Dispenser (AT1500DC)
to its Accutinter product line. The
AT1500DC has been designed to allow
retailers to expand their paint line offerings and move to automation by dispensing two colorant systems in one
machine and computer. The computer-controlled AT1500DC provides automatic dispensing, superior color accuracy, faster dispensing speeds, and a
mechanical nozzle closer that keeps
low-VOC colorants from drying and
causing mis-tints. For more information: www.fluidman.com.
down time because it can be applied in
a single coat, often without a primer.
For further details: www.ceilcotecc.com.
Volume Measurement Tool
The Paul N. Gardner Company offers a
manually operated instrument designed
to measure the true volume of powders
and other solid materials. The Stereopy-cnometer™ employs Archimedes’ principle of fluid (gas) displacement and the
technique of gas expansion to determine the volume of a sample. The instrument features a digital display and
adjustment controls for both pressurization and venting rates. For more information: 800.762.2478.
Aqueous Stain-Blocking
Binder
The Dow Chemical Company has announced that Rhoplex™ PR-295 with
Avanse™ technology is available in the
North American coatings market. This
product is a high performance, environ-mentally-advanced, aqueous binder
that has been developed for use in exterior and interior primers and stain-blocking sealers. The patented Avanse
technology is designed to improve performance over that of conventional
latex polymers by providing excellent
film formation that blocks stains from
migrating through the dry paint film. It
also yields stain-blocking performance
without the use of zinc oxide. For additional details: go.rohmhaas.com/
rhoplexpr295.
Acrylic Binder for Interior
Applications
UCAR Emulsion Systems and
Monomers has introduced UCAR™
Latex 634, a 100% acrylic binder that is
designed to provide high scrub resistance, wet adhesion, and excellent film
formation in low-VOC interior coatings.
UCAR Latex 634 can be formulated in a
range of pigment volume concentrations in paint types from flat to semi-gloss. It contains no added alkylphenol
ethoxylate surfactants (APEs), formaldehyde, or formaldehyde donors. For
more details: 866.837.5532.
Epoxy-Fortified Concrete
Floor Paint
Convenience Products, the manufacturer of Seal-Krete® waterproofing and decorative coatings for concrete and masonry, has added a new product to the
Seal-Krete line: Seal-Krete Epoxy-Seal
UV Stable Aluminum
Pigments
Benda-Lutz Corporation has developed
a new product group of UV-stable aluminum pigments called UVAL. The
UVAL pigments include stabilized leaf-
Corrosion-Resistant
Epoxy System
Ceilcote® 600HB Flakeline, a two-component, high build, glass flake reinforced epoxy system that provides improved chemical resistance to alkalis,
inorganic acids, and many aromatic
and aliphatic solvents, has been developed by International Paint Protective
Coatings. It is designed for use on storage tanks and process vessels. It reduces
Wireless-Compatible Coating
Thickness Gage
DeFelsko has announced that its Posi Tector
6000 Coating Thickness Gage is now compatible with Bluetooth® Wireless Technology. Posi-Tector 6000 users can wirelessly transmit readings from the gage to a Bluetooth-compatible
device up to 33 feet ( 10 meters) away. The device reportedly does not require line-of-sight
communication in order to transmit information; the reading transmissions can pass
through solid objects like walls. The Posi Tector
6000 is designed for measuring the dry film
thickness of paint and other protective coatings on all metal substrates. For more details:
800.448.3835 or www.defelsko.com.
