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Coatings, sealants & paints


Next generation coatings and paints


Mike Turner of Ian Williams looks at some of the latest trends in coatings and paint products


buildings. Paints and coatings now offer solutions stretching way beyond their original ‘wall-covering’ function.


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ENVIRONMENTAL SHAKE-UP One of the biggest challenges faced by the coatings industry over recent years has come from an environmental perspective. Through legislation and best practice, we’ve all had to make the transition towards next generation products with reduced carbon and solvent content. For manufacturers, the challenge has been to invest significantly on new water-based formulations that are fit for purpose and offer the same longevity, lower whole life costs and durability as solvent paints, but without the environmental damage. For maintenance providers, the challenge has been to develop new


applications that take into account these formulation changes. We’ve had to implement solutions ranging from perfecting the intercoat adhesion of water- based coatings onto legacy solvent paints, to developing appropriate application


34 | HMM March 2018 | www.housingmmonline.co.uk


ver the decades, formulations and applications have changed significantly and paint continues to be a dynamic sector, contributing heavily to the sustainability, aesthetics, health, safety and efficacy of


One of the biggest challenges faced by the coatings industry over recent years has come from an environmental perspective


techniques with new types of brushes and new brush strokes that ‘brush out’ differently. This in turn has put the spotlight on the top-level training and development of our team of painters and decorators and our commitment to 10 per cent of our workforce being apprentices.


INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION In tandem, highly-engineered specialist and niche products are a big growth area for both internal and external coatings, especially across the highly diverse housing stock found in the public sector. Paint can now offer a whole host of features and benefits previously unavailable like, for example, anti-graffiti solutions. Graffiti can seriously compromise the reputation and feel of a


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