Wood Coatings
Waterborne wood coatings: Driving sustainable and high performance
It’s the oldest building material on the planet. But wood is still a huge part of how we want our homes and offices to look and feel.
From flooring to cabinets and siding to tables, we furnish living and working spaces with wood everywhere we can. Wood has a timeless beauty. But it isn’t ageless.
Coatings in wood paints, stains, and sealers help protect it from scratching, discoloration, stains, and other wear and tear. They preserve its desired color, texture and gloss.
Coatings can also improve the safety and sustainability of paints and sealers. Invisible particles given off by wood paints can affect Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) – which is why consumers and regulatory bodies are right to push the industry toward lower-VOC formulations. Exterior wood coatings can have a similar impact on the environment, which is driving a gradual shift away from solvent-borne coatings to water-borne alternatives.
Interior Wood Coatings
From picture rails and skirting boards to windowsills and doors, paints manufactured using our technology provide vital finishing touches in and around the home. Dow’s versatile binder portfolio helps formulate ‘Easy to Clean’ products giving excellent finish on wood and other surfaces such as MDF or HDF boards. Our proprietary Low Emission Platforms ensure you have options meeting highly stringent VOC Standards.
Wood Protection coating for Exteriors
Water-borne binders from Dow ensure Exterior Wood Paints are easy to apply and provide long term protection from the elements in all climates.
Protecting wood from the elements is a key function of a paint. The product must be durable and flexible enough to cope with natural changes in wood over time.
Dow is a specialist in the design of polymers that offer formulators a wide range of products to virtually suit all climatic and regional needs and preferences.
Explore Our Options for High Durability, Dirt Resistant, Extended Gloss and Color Retention, Early Rain & Weather Resistant and Enhanced Flexibility.
Whatever the application, we can help advise you or your formulator how to achieve high-performance, sustainable paints and sealers.
