Versatile and robust radiation curable PUD for industrial wood and furniture coatings

 
The furniture industry is under constant pressure to develop the next generation of coatings matching more stringent economical, regulatory and performance requirements. We have developed a robust and versatile radiation-curable polyurethane dispersion that can be used as the building block for wood coating formulations with a genuine value in use. This encompasses the excellent dispersion stability and the good aspect of the coating after forced drying. The new product can be easily formulated with additives and offers a wide compatibility with other waterborne polyacrylic and polyurethane resins to meet good final coating performance at an advantageous cost in use. A technical benchmarking is presented with supportive test results showing the appealing performances of the new prototype.