The trend of "oil-to-water" drives the continuous increase in the penetration rate of acrylic emulsion

The trend of "oil-to-water" drives the continuous increase in the penetration rate of acrylic emulsion, especially the high increase of styrene acrylic emulsion.

Coatings can be roughly divided into oil-based coatings, water-based coatings and powder coatings according to different components, among which oil-based coatings and water-based coatings are the main ones in the domestic market.

1. oil-based coatings

The curing of oil-based coatings relies on the volatilization of organic solvents in principle, resulting in high VOCs emissions. In addition, oil-based coatings cannot be cleaned with water, and construction tools must be cleaned with organic solvents, which further increases VOCs emissions.

2. water-based coatings

Compared with solvent-based oil-based coatings, the volatilization of harmful substances in the production and use of water-based coatings can be reduced by 70-80%, which has less impact on the environment. Since its emergence in the 1960s, especially after the 1990s, the waterborne coatings industry has developed rapidly.

At present, in practical application, the architectural coatings are mainly water-based coatings, and the industrial coatings are mainly oil-based coatings.

In the future, with the further implementation of my country's "oil-to-water" policy and the increasingly stringent environmental protection policies, the proportion of water-based coatings in the coatings industry will further increase, and oil-based coatings will be gradually replaced by water-based coatings.