High Performance Coating (Epoxy)
This information reflects our best understanding of product composition in 2015.
Epoxy High Performance Coatings (HPCs) formulated with solvents are used extensively as surface treatments to metals. They can be applied directly to metal surfaces easily to provide excellent corrosion and chemical resistance. Epoxies come in 2-...
Epoxy High Performance Coatings (HPCs) formulated with solvents are used extensively as surface treatments to metals. They can be applied directly to metal surfaces easily to provide excellent corrosion and chemical resistance. Epoxies come in 2-part systems which are mixed in varying ratios to produce the coating: one part is a resin, the other part provides the activating agents that initiate the curing reaction. The underlying chemistry of epoxies, reliant on bisphenol-A, makes water based formulations technically difficult. While some water-based epoxy HPCs are on the market, they are not intended to be used on metal substrates, and do not provide the performance characteristics of solvent epoxies. This CP reviews conventional, 2-part, solvent-based epoxy systems only.