Light Stabilizers for Wood Coatings

Light Stabilizers for Wood Coatings
Clariant offers products that are especially recommended to fulfill the requirements of wood coating applications.

For both interior and outdoor applications, light-induced degradations of wood coated surfaces can be reduced significantly by using light stabilizers. Organic UV absorbers are the right additives to be used in clear coats, clear and tinted varnishes and semi-transparent coatings to filter out the harmful UV radiations from sun light, hence protecting the coating as well as the wood substrate itself from further damages. For exterior applications, radical scavengers will be used in combination with UV absorbers in order to ensure an enhanced light stabilization of the coating, especially in respect to the binder protection, to avoid early yellowing and physical damages like cracking or blistering.

Recommended light stabilizers for solvent borne wood coatings:

1) Standard requirements
Hostavin ARO 8 pwd.
Hostavin 3051 pwd.
Hostavin 3065 liq.

2) High requirements
Hostavin 3326 pwd.
Hostavin 3065 liq.
Hostavin N 30 pwd.
Hostavin 3058 liq.

Recommended light stabilizers for water borne wood coatings:

1) Standard requirements
Hostavin 3041 disp.
Hostavin 3310 disp.
Hostavin 3051-2 disp.

2) High requirements
Hostavin 3326 disp.
Hostavin 3070 disp. XP
Hostavin 3225-2 disp.

Recommended light stabilizers for UV cured coatings:

Hostavin 3058 liq.
Hostavin TB-02 liq.
Technical reviewTiangang Technical CenterVersion2012-12-31
Specifications and application notes on this page are compiled from Tiangang's published technical data. Actual values are governed by the COA shipped with each lot and the technical agreement confirmed by both parties.

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  • National High-Tech Enterprise
  • Vice Chairman Unit, China Plastics Processing Industry Association (CPPIA)
  • Vice Chairman Unit, Agricultural Plastics Branch, China Agricultural Plastics Application Technology Society
  • Member, Ageing Methods Subcommittee, National Technical Committee on Plastics (SAC/TC15/CS5)
  • Member, Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), USA

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