Architectural & Decorative coatings | Arkema Coating resins

Arkema is a leading supplier of binders for architectural paints and coatings. For decades, our experts have worked with formulators to tackle the ever-evolving sustainability and performance challenges of our industry worldwide. We have been at the forefront of many innovations and product developments designed to offer optimal performance and durability across multiple substrates while still complying with regional regulatory standards. Contact us today to hear more about our wide range of raw materials for your coating formulation needs.

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Interior Wall Coatings

Interior wall coatings present unique challenges, and formulators are continually looking to improve features such as air quality, scrub resistance, tint strength, stain resistance and much more. Arkema produces a wide range of waterborne products for these applications, designed to provide the ideal balance of performance, formulation latitude and cost efficiency. We offer multiple chemistries to help meet your needs, including all acrylics, vinyl acrylics, styrene-acrylics, waterborne alkyds and opacifiers. Whether you are looking to improve performance, reduce reliance on TiO2, incorporate biobased content or meet other formulation needs in interior wall coatings, we can help.

Featured Binders for Interior Wall Coatings:

Products	Chemistry	Benefits
SYNAQUA^® 4856	Alkyd emulsion	Made with 97% biobased raw materials High gloss potential Chemical and scrub resistance Low emission
ENCOR^® 317	Vinyl acrylic	Increased TiO₂ efficiency Meets Master Painters Institute (MPI^®) cleansability and tint strength guidelines Outstanding scrub resistance
CELOCOR^® AF	Opaque polymer	Opaque Polymer hollow latex particles Ammonia free Partial replacement for titanium dioxide, improvements in dry hide and tint strength

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Exterior Wall Coatings

Arkema has been developing acrylic binders for exterior wall coatings for decades. Based on your formulation needs, our products can help you offer better UV resistance, low surfactant leaching, dirt pickup resistance, improved water resistance, APEO free coatings and much more – while still meeting sustainability and regulatory needs. Our products are developed for, and tested extensively on, wood, concrete and other common substrates where exterior wall coatings are used.

Featured Binders for Exterior Wall Coatings:

Products	Chemistry	Benefits
ENCOR^® 2787	All acrylic	Outstanding water resistance with very low water whitening Excellent exterior durability Low surfactant leaching
ENCOR^® 636	All acrylic	Excellent gloss development Good adhesion and grain crack resistance Low VOC capable (<50g/l)

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Specialty Coatings for Wood, Metal and Other Substrates

Arkema offers the waterborne binders you need to develop trim paints, wood stains, metal coatings and specialty primers that offer higher performance benefits while meeting more stringent sustainability and regulatory requirements.

Our products can help you meet important performance expectations, including stain blocking, penetration on porous substrates, blocking resistance and adhesion to multiple substrates. Our high solid and modified alkyds, made with a high ratio of vegetable oil, also offer high gloss, hardness, excellent adhesion, strengthening of porous substrates, flow and leveling when used in wood and metal coatings.

Featured Binders for Specialty Coatings:

Products	Chemistry	Benefits
SYNAQUA^® 4804	Alkyd emulsion	High gloss potential and excellent gloss retention Excellent hardness Quick dry time
SNAP^® 720	Structured nanoparticle acrylic polymer	Superior block resistance and film hardness compared to standard acrylic binders Outstanding dirt pickup resistance Low VOC capable (<50g/l)
ENCOR^® 2793	All acrylic	Multi-substrates adhesion Stain blocking tannin blocking, knot blocking Easy to formulate

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Our full range of binders for Architectural applications by chemistry
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Architectural and Decorative Coatings Brochure (EMEA & NA)

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