Architectural & Decorative Coatings

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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Textured

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Metal, Wood and Other Substrates

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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
Encor® 309	Vinyl Acrylic	Easy to clean and good outdoor durability Good balance of properties Wet scrub resistant APEO free, Low VOC coatings, No added Formaldehyde
Encor® 310	Vinyl Acrylic	Color touch-up and easy to clean Good balance of properties Wet scrub resistant APEO free, Low odor coatings, Low VOC coatings, No added Formaldehyde
Encor® 317	Vinyl Acrylic	Increased TiO2 efficiency Meets Master Painters Institute (MPI®) cleansability and tint strength guidelines Outstanding scrub resistance
Polyvak® QR3187	Vinyl Acrylic	Good Scrub Resistance Good gloss development Excelent tinting strenght
Rheotech™ 3900	HASE	Good compatibility APEO free Syneresis resistance Brushability Reduced post-thickening
Coapur™ 2501	PU	Film build Spatter resistance Viscosity stability Compatibility Anticorrosion

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® 636	Acrylic	Good outdoor durability Good balance of properties Silicate and high pH stable APEO free, No added Formaldehyde
Encor® 602	Acrylic	APEO free, No added Formaldehyde
Polyes® QE2383	Styrene Acrylic	Excelent exterior performance APEO Free Good gloss retention and color development Excelent alkali resistance
Rheotech™ 4600	HASE	Syneresis resistance Rub-out In-can body
Coapur™ 2501	PU	Film build Spatter resistance Viscosity stability Compatibility Anticorrosion

Textured Coatings

Textured coatings offer a distinctive aesthetic while also providing functional benefits such as surface masking, crack bridging, and enhanced durability. Formulators in this segment aim to balance adhesion, flexibility, and long-term performance on a variety of substrates. Arkema offers a selection of high-performance waterborne solutions tailored for textured applications, including acrylics, styrene-acrylics, and hybrid binders as well as state-of-the-art thickeners to fine-tune texture and application properties. Whether you are looking to enhance pattern retention, improved workability, or meet sustainability goals in textured paints, our solutions are designed to help you achieve your performance targets with confidence and success.

Featured Binders for Textured Coatings:

Products	Chemistry	Benefits
Polyes® QE2383	Styrene Acrylic	Excelent exterior performance APEO Free Good gloss retention and color development Excelent alkali resistance
Viscoatex™ 730	ASE	Good low shear viscosity development Provides good antisettling and sag resistance APEO Free

Specialty Coatings for Metal, Wood 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	APEO, ammonia, plasticizer free Very LOW VOC content High Gloss potential Quick drying time High hardness Low yellowing
Coadis™ 123K	Acrylic	Easy fillers and pigment dispersion Improved water resistance Improves storage stability
Coapur™ 3020	PU	APEO Free Solvent Free Newtonian rheology Provides excelent spatter resistance and leveling
Coapur™ 2501	PU	Film build Spatter resistance Viscosity stability Compatibility Anticorrosion
Coapur™ XS 71	PU	Color acceptance and development Sag resistance Brushability Rub out