Hydrophobic and bio-based coatings

 
When refining crude palm oil, palm fatty acid distillate is a by-product. This by-product serves as a raw material for the production of weather-resistant hydrophobic coatings, plasticisers and internal plasticisers. By Stefan Friebel, Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Oliver Seewald and Manuel Traut, University of Paderborn, and Rino Rakhmata Mukti, Institute Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.