APD Air Products and Chemicals Inc

Air Products' Anquawhite(TM) 100 Curing Agent Is the Answer for Epoxy Coating Formulators Seeking Transparent Or White Top Concrete Coatings Versatile Product Could Make Stained and Yellowed Concrete Coatings a Thing of the Past LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Epoxy coating formulators preferring a low color, stain resistant top coat with good handling properties need to search no further than Anquawhite(TM) 100 curing agent, Air Products' (NYSE:APD) latest waterborne epoxy curing agent. Anquawhite 100 curing agent, a polymeric amine dispersion in water, is being introduced to the North American market this week at the International Coatings Expo being held October 27-29 at McCormick Place North in Chicago, Ill. "This novel product is really flexible in terms of formulation capability," said Dave Dubowik, principal application chemist for Air Products. "It is very attractive to customers because of its fast dry, long working life, high stain resistance and resistance to yellowing." Anquawhite 100 curing agent is a novel waterborne curing agent dispersion designed for use in ambient or heat cure two part epoxy systems. The epoxy curing agent market applications include wall and floor coatings, metals coatings for bulk tanks and railcars, and also institutional or heavy duty maintenance coatings. Anquawhite 100 curing agent can be formulated with a variety of epoxy resins and waterborne epoxy dispersions while maintaining VOC (volatile organic compound) levels