Wood being a natural product needs special protection to keep its performance and quality. Our products are designed for maximum quality and longevity. Archroma offers selected special protection products to enable wood as a natural source to last longer.
Wood processed with Archroma's protection coatings will make your life easier and safer.
Pre-impregnation agents
Appretan® PL 10073 and Appretan® N 92111 liq are plasticizers for UF resins in the preimpregnation process. There is no need to apply an additional wetting agent in the formulation. The products provide a strong hydrophobic effect and have an excellent adhesion power.
Benefits
- Easier and better processing during lamination – lower risk of waves due to moisture absorption, therefore less defects of the paper
- No ripping of the lamination sheets during loading
- Included wetting and anti-migration effect – no need for an additional wetting agent
- Less brittleness and higher flexibility
- Better tear strength properties
- Increased binding properties of the particles
Application area
- Decor paper for MDF plates and particle boards
- Laminate flooring
Crosslinkers
Catalyst® CR liq is a latent hardener with better effects than standard products.
Benefits
- Stronger crosslinking of the MF
- Better steam resistance of the MF coating
Application area
- Decor paper for MDF plates and particle boards
- Laminate flooring
Cassurit® LFC liq and Cassurit® RLF liq are low formaldehyde low reactive and medium reactive MF resins.
Benefits
- Low formaldehyde resin
- Contains < 1000 ppm free formaldehyde
Application area
- Decor paper for MDF plates and particle boards
- Laminate flooring
Anti-fingerprint and blocking agents
*Nuva® N6336 liq is a unique product which can be added directly to the MF resin (melamine formaldehyde) coating of decor paper in order to avoid fingerprints on decor paper used for MDF plates. The product reduces these marks which naturally occur during daily contact.
Benefits
- Anti-fingerprint effect during handling
- Excellent oil and water repellence
- No impact on transparency, dullness or glossiness of MF coatings
Application area
- Decor paper for MDF plates and particle boards
- Laminate flooring
*Product not available in the USA and Canada
Arkophob® FFR liq is a blocking agent which prevents the coated decor paper from sticking together during high temperature and moisture conditions. It protects the pre-impregnated and coated paper during the storage time before the lamination onto the particle boards and MDF plates.
Benefits
- Highly efficient anti-blocking effect even under extreme temperature & moisture conditions
Application area
- Decor paper for MDF plates and particle boards
- Laminate flooring
Wet and oil repellence booster
Fluowet® MA 600 is directly used as copolymerization with the MF resins in a UV curing formulation. It boosts properties of anti-grease marks during handling and provides oil and water repellence.
Benefits
- Improvement of wet and oil repellence properties
- Improvement of stain resistance of the coating
Application area
- Decor paper for MDF plates and particle boards
- Laminate flooring
Novogard® minerals: Micro-scratch protection
*Novogard® CPL (Sapphire platelets) delivers the best protection against micro-scratches, particularly visible on dark and glossy, colored panels, for high-end laminate flooring or kitchen laminates.
Benefits
- Improvement of wet and oil repellence properties
- Improvement of stain resistance of the coating
- Highest micro-scratch resistance (EN 16094, Rating 5/5)
- Very high gloss effects
- Enhancement of color brilliance with decor papers
Application area
- Decor paper for HDF/MDF plates and particle boards
- Laminate flooring
- Kitchen decors
*The product is also available as stable 50% aqueous suspension, Novogard® CPL liq
Top coat UV-curing
Fluowet® MA 600 is directly used as copolymerization with the MF resins in a UV curing formulation. It highly boosts effects like stain resistance and provides excellent all-over protection.
Benefits
- Improvement of wet and oil repellence properties
- Improvement of stain resistance of the coating
Application area
- Decor paper for MDF plates and particle boards
- Laminate flooring
Anti-weathering protection
Fixapret® CP liq c is a patented wood modification product. Used in the pre-impregnation process, it develops a high cross-linking effect of the cellulose molecules during poly-condensation.
Suitable wood-based products
- Solid wood
- Veneers
- Wood-based composites (plywood, particle boards)
- Wood plastic composites (WPC)
Benefits
- High resistance against wood-destroying fungi
- Use in classes 3 (above) and 4 (in ground contact)
- Durability class 1-2 (“very durable”) can be reached according to CEN/TS 15083
- High dimensional stability (anti-shrink efficiency of approx. 50%)
- Increased surface hardness
- Moisture content reduced at high relative humidity level
- Improved weathering performance (lower maintenance of coating systems)
- Wood is still wood – optical appearance almost unchanged
Application area
- Window and high-end joinery
- Outdoor/garden furniture
- Façades
- Fastening elements in agriculture (e.g. vineyard posts)
- Marine application
- Deckings
- Parquet flooring
UV protection
Fadex® AS (liquid type) and Fadex® AS TTR (high concentrated powder type) are UV absorbers used in wood protection agents and coatings.
The sun’s color shifting effects on wood are obvious to anyone who has moved a piece of furniture to discover that the wood flooring underneath shows a different color than the rest of the room.
This color change is primarily resulting from UV light or artificial light sources. Beside the color shift, it also indicates degradation of the wood itself, compromising durability and structural integrity. Fadex® AS TTR incorporated into a clear coating or paint can prevent both undesirable aesthetic and material changes.
Benefits
- Excellent UV protection
- Good boost of anti-yellowing
- High color protection
- Prevents aesthetic changes
- Application area
- Wood protection coatings and agents
Flame retardants for medium density fiberboard
Pekoflam® OP or Pekoflam® TC305 are high performance additives for formaldehyde-free fire protection, when combined with our range of formaldehyde-free adhesive resins, while Pekoflam® TC303 is a more economic option for melamine faced MDF panels.
Benefits
- Halogen- and antimony-free fire protection to meet Euro Class B and C requirements for building regulations according to BS EN 13501
- Improvement of fire resistance and increased escape time
Application area
- Wall linings
- Partitions
- Ceilings
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