Architectural Exterior Coatings and Paint Additives
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Architectural Exterior Coatings
Resins and additives that improve exterior coatings
Choosing exterior architectural coatings often means managing customer specifications, consumer preferences, and sustainability requirements.
Our portfolio offers formulators products to create exterior wall and trim paint that protect surfaces against prolonged exposure to the elements with a focus on ease-of-use and beautification.
More important than ever, we’re innovating to support more sustainable paints without sacrificing durability.
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RHOPLEX™ Emulsions
These 100% acrylic emulsion polymers are designed for use in high-performance exterior architectural coatings. They are widely recognized for their versatility, durability, and ability to meet stringent environmental standards.
EVOQUE™ Emulsions
Our 100% acrylic pre-composite binders are ideal for premium architectural coatings, including exterior wall paints. Their unique technology surrounds pigment particles—especially titanium dioxide (TiO₂)—creating a polymer-pigment matrix that dries to a tighter film with a polymer-rich surface.
ACRYSOL™ Rheology Modifiers
ACRYSOL™ Rheology Modifiers deliver precise viscosity control for paints, ensuring smooth application, sag resistance, and excellent film build across a wide range of architectural coatings.
TAMOL™ Dispersants
TAMOL™ Dispersants provide superior pigment dispersion and stability in waterborne coatings, improving color development, gloss, and formulation efficiency for high-quality architectural paints.
DOWSIL™ Additives
Our silicone-based performance enhancers are designed for use in waterborne and solventborne exterior wall paints. They are engineered to deliver a range of benefits that improve the durability, appearance, and application properties of architectural coatings.
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Exterior Façade Wall Paint
Our exterior facade wall paint solutions stand out for their durability, versatility and sustainable properties. Whether you need advanced binders, innovative additives, or digital formulation tools, Dow offers a comprehensive portfolio to help deliver high-performance, long-lasting facade coatings.
Exterior Primer
Our exterior primer solutions offer reliable adhesion, stain blocking, water and alkali resistance, and long-term durability—while supporting sustainability and regulatory compliance. These technologies help formulators create primers that protect and enhance the performance of exterior coatings.
Formulation solutions
Different exterior projects call for different coatings formulations. No matter the application, our exterior coatings technologies offer you some of the best paint made for people and planet, present and future.
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RHOPLEX™ VSR-1065C Emulsion
100% acrylic binder offering excellent dirt pickup resistance and premium exterior durability. Versatile performance in flat through semigloss sheens.
RHOPLEX™ 101C Emulsion
100% acrylic binder for high quality exterior flat through semigloss paints.
ACRYSOL™ RM-3030 Rheology Modifier
HEUR rheology modifier delivering efficient ICI build with minimal KU impact. Improves flow, leveling, syneresis resistance, and film build across flat to gloss formulations.
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