High Performance Coatings (Acrylic)
This information reflects our best understanding of product composition in 2015.
Acrylic high performace coating (HPC) is the term for a wide range of enhanced protective coatings for both interior and exterior applications in residential or industrial settings. This survey focuses on site-applied interior acrylic HPCs that...
Acrylic high performace coating (HPC) is the term for a wide range of enhanced protective coatings for both interior and exterior applications in residential or industrial settings. This survey focuses on site-applied interior acrylic HPCs that offer chemical, stain, moisture, and/or rust protection for a range of substrates (including prepared masonry, wallboard, metal, and wood). Acrylic HPCs can be solvent-based or water-based. Concerns over high VOC emissions from solvent-based coatings has made water-based acrylic HPCs the predominant form on the market; thus, this survey focuses on water-based coatings. Tinting additives can also increase VOC content. However, this survey focuses on white or neutral coatings since those colors were available across all the products surveyed.