Many problems in coating formulations may appear, on the surface, to be related to solvents, additives, pigments, application, or curing. In essence, however, they are often associated with the polarity matching of resins.
In coating formulations, issues such as poor leveling, cratering, orange peel, edge pullback, waviness, poor slip, and insufficient surface smoothness may appear to be application defects, viscosity-related problems, or resin-selection issues. However, their underlying causes are often closely ...
When problems occur in a coating formulation, it is not enough to look only at the surface symptoms. Issues such as foaming, cratering, sagging, floating and flooding, and poor application appearance can often be improved by adjusting additives, pigments and fillers, solvents, the rheological ...