The formulation of a coating is somewhere between craftsmanship, science and art - the number of possible combinations of different ingredients is gigantic: If only ten binders, ten pigments and ten additives are to be considered in the development of a coating formulation, this already results in 103 or 1,000 combinations. Even then, variations in dosages are not taken into account. In practice, it is impossible to fully cover the range of options and to test all combinations and ratios for their properties. Conversely, however, the systematic search for the optimum coating formulation requires a good database. One ...