VAE for coatings enable excellent unique properties to interior and exterior paints.
- Low odor
- Low VOC
- Low Tg
- Optimum barrier properties
- Good color retention
- A unique rheology profile
- Lower pigment concentration
- Good water permeability, water vapour transmissions rate
- High flexibility on the long term, very stable polymer
- A good adhesion to mineral substrates
- Enables good recycleability of mineral building materials, as VAE is used as a binder in concrete applications, it’s water solluble and thermoplastic
- Technically it’s possible to produce VAE on Bio-ethylene and BIO-VAM. The only challenge is the higher cost of the biosources. Production of VAE can be hybrid and run continuously whether the production is fed with fossil-based or bio based- ethylene and VAM.