What are the main features and properties of mixed-metal crosslinked DURAPLUS™ film formers?
Floor polishes have improved dramatically over the past 25 years. Today polymers available to the formulator deliver very high levels of gloss and much better durability than their predecessors. The innovative mixed-metal technology developed from Dow Fabric & Surface Care Company under the trade name DURAPLUS features a unique modified acrylic polymer that embodies a novel, radically modified approach to zinc crosslinking. Finishes based on the DURAPLUS technology are far less vulnerable to recoat problems stemming from marginal application conditions than polishes made with other high-performance polymers. The application properties of the DURAPLUS modified acrylic polymer are certainly remarkable in and of themselves. However, what is truly impressive is that no performance properties have been sacrificed to obtain them. As was noted above, the key to the remarkable properties furnished by this modified acrylic polymer is a radically different approach to crosslinking. In the past a
