Resist Dirt Pick-up

Dirt pick-up for low-VOC exterior paint is one of the toughest challenges that formulators encounter. Many factors contribute to increased dirt pick-up. High PVC paints have a higher surface area allowing greater area for dirt to accumulate. Low Tg resins make the film soft and sticky under heat and moisture. Oil affinitive surface active additives attract environmental dirt and stains to the painted surface.

Capstone^® flurorosurfactants serve three functions:

• Allows the reduction of film tackiness
• Allows the reduction of hydrophobic additives, which are oil/soil attracting additives (indirect reduction of dirt attraction)
• Adds oil repellency to the paint (direct reduction of dirt attraction)

Dirt Pick-up Resistance (Comparison)
Traditional formulation		DuPont Capstone® Fluorosurfactant

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Access Dirt Pick-up Solution Case Study

1. Apply an artificial dry dirt (mixture of silica gel, iron oxide, aluminum oxide, carbon black and soil) until the panel are completely covert.
2. Remove excess dirt by gentle brush. The panel is measured for L*, a*, and b* value with a spectrophotometer (CM2600d from Minolta).

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