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June 1992 PIGMENT AND RESIN TECHNOLOGY 19 Wood coatings for steel doors Water Coat Series is a wate r dis Whe n garage door manufacturer, persion system based on acrylic co Cardale Doors wante d a bespoke fin - polymer. The paints offer ease of ish whic h makes steel doors look like processing wit h one coat fil m thick wood , it wa s Casco Nobel Industrial nesses of up to 50 microns, excel Coatings whic h provided th e answer. lent protection against corrosion an d humidity with resistance to salt Timber is a popular material for spray in excess of 1,000 hours. The garage doors, but its relatively high coatings give good edge coverage cost compared to steel discourages and adhesion, are applied by dip or many buyers. air spray and are cured at ambient To meet the requirement for a temperature (20°C). After 15 min lower cost garage door whic h would utes, the y become touc h dry and are look as good as wood, Cardale hardened after two hours. Water Doors, together with British Steel, Coat Series utilises anti-corrosive developed Weatherwood, a steel pigments withou t heavy metals such door coated wit h plastisol and embos as chrome or lead thus eliminating sed to give a woo d grain effect. virtually all environmental pollution. Weatherwood has th e added bene fit of being maintenance free and Weilburger's managing director, needs only one coat of stain through Ti m Rand told us, "Ou r Water Coat out its lifetime. Series represents a timely break To bring economies of scale the through in an area where progress ne w material is manufactured in has been slow to evolve. We are only one base colour. To enhance supplying pre-production material the appearance of the wood grain already and if the old adage, out of and texture of Weatherwood and sight, out of mind really did apply, give its customers a choice of door there's certainly no need for it t o any colour, Cardale Doors asked Darwen - longer. We would welcome the based Casco Nobel Industrial Coat opportunity to help British manufac ings to develop a stain whic h could turers of all underbody motor com be brushed onto new garage doors ponents to cut costs whils t uprating after installation. the finish and efficiency of their products." The ne w coating had t o adhere to the plastisol coating, resist th e active Details: Weilburger (UK) Ltd., plasticisers in th e plastisol an d stand Stuart Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, up to long term weathering. Cheshire WA7 1SF. Tel: 0928 Drawing on its experience in the 579234 . industrial wood finishing and coil coating markets, Casco Nobel Indus Croda launches more trial Coatings created a one pack environmentally friendly acrylic stain, whic h in addition to meeting alkyd all of Cardale's requirements, wa s a Continuing its switc h fro m aromatic water-based coating. solvents to more environmentally Every Weatherwood door is sold friendly products, Croda Resins can wit h a one litre ti n of Casco Nobel's Water Coat no w offer Plastyrol AC 237SB. This stain. The range of colours, which Runcorn based Weilburge r (UK) Ltd., is a n acrylic alkyd whic h is thinne d in includes light oak, dark oak and a member of the German Grebe SBP6 an d has excellent drying speed mahogany , allows customers to Group, a manufacturer of specia (tack free 10 minutes; through dry match their new garage door with lised industrial paints and coating 35 minutes), thu s allowing the paint existing timber features. materials have introduced its Water formulator to replace many aromatic Frank Broughton, division man Coat Series of anti-corrosion paints. thinned air drying paints, including These new coatings result from a ager—Woo d for Casco Nobel Indus some hammer finishes. cross licence agreement between trial Coatings UK, said: "A s the larg Plastyrol AC237S B confers excep Weilburger and the Cashew Com est manufacturer of coatings for the tional gloss and weathering proper pany of Japan, wh o developed the woo d finish market in Europe and ties and suggested uses are in product t o meet the requirements of one of Europe's largest suppliers of mechanical, general industrial, agri coil coatings w e had i n dept h knowl their own motor industry. Water cultural and transport finishes. Coat Series is now approved and edge of both technologies needed to Details: Croda Resins Ltd., Crabtree supplied throughout Japan and the develop a bespoke coating for Car- Manorwa y South, Belvedere, Kent United States and its introduction to dale Doors." DA17 6BA. Tel: 08 1 311 9109. this country wil l contribute greatly to Details: Casco Nobel Industrial increasing the quality and longevity Coatings, PO Box 37, Hollins Road, of underbody components. Darwen BB3 OBG. Tel : 025 4 760760 .
Pigment & Resin Technology – Emerald Publishing
Published: Jun 1, 1992
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