Wood finishing

Pollution Prevention Case Study Wood Furniture Finishing High Solids Topcoats and HVLP Spray Guns

1 No portion of the emission reduction was achieved through reformulating any coatings with acetone. Some stains and basecoats have been reformulated with acetone as the primary solvent; however Ethan Allen has included acetone emissions in the 257 tons per year VOC figure. Acetone was removed from the U.S. EPA’s VOC list on June 16, 1995 and is not a listed HAP, but it remains as a listed HAC ...

Evaluatcn of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Spray Technology to Reduce Solvents in a Wood Finishing Process

The purpose of this evaluation was to provide an objective evaluation of the use of supercritical carbon dioxide (CO,) as an alternative technology for spray applied in wood finishing processes using reduced solvent formulations. Union Carbide has pioneered this technology under the UNICARBTM trademark. In the UNICARBTM process, the solvent-like properties of supercritical CO, are employed to r...

Finishing Strong

W hile writing my last editorial for Diabetes Care fills me with a sense of accomplishment, more importantly I cannot help but feel grateful for the opportunity and the honor of being associated with the journal at a time of its tremendous growth and success. In the last 5 to 10 years, Diabetes Care has continuously grown in terms of the submission numbers (over 11,500 new articles in 4 years!)...

Cyclodextrins in Textile Finishing

Agile Edge Finishing System