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Protective Paints Information
Architectural/decorative paints and industrial protective paints and coatings represent the main segments of coatings production in the United States. Also, architectural and decorative paints account for approximately 52% of production, with industrial protective paints and coating comprising 48% of output, based on annual statistics for the year ended 2004. Also, there h sot be kept in mind that the industrial protective paints coatings are usually formulated and produced for specific needs, as the processing line is relatively straightforward, from raw materials to the end user. Pay attention to the fact that, direct to the end user through retail outlets, manufacturers sell a small proportion of their product.
An important aspect which has to be taken into consideration is being represented by the fact that the growth of water based protective paints and the decline of solvent based paint production is the most significant trend over the past 20 years. Binding paints split 23% solvent and 77% water based, as the latest statistics show. Due to convenience of use and environmental and health and safety considerations, it is expected that far greater use of water based technologies in industrial applications will occur in the future. It is possible to detect some significant new trends that have manifested themselves over the last few years, although technical innovation in any science-based industry is slow and continuous. Materials and methods of protective paints application have been affected by these trends. from being based originally on naturally occurring materials, through the synthetic resins, to the plethora of types that are in current use, these changes can be considered as a natural evolution of the industry of protective paints and coatings. The present stage of evolution in the protective paints industry has began in the early '60s, as nowadays there is a high demand for protective paints on the market.