Cortec®’s EcoLine® 3860 contains 27% USDA certified biobased content and is designed for industrial users who want to increase their use of renewable content - an important move toward expanding sustainable options in the specialty field of corrosion inhibiting paints.
The global anticorrosive solutions supplier Cortec®
has launched an innovative biobased anticorrosion coating for metal: EcoLine® 3860, Cortec’s first water-based acrylic coating to incorporate renewably-sourced resins.
EcoLine® 3860 is an extension of Cortec’s range of VpCI®-386 anti-corrosion coatings, part of the Cortec® portfolio of corrosion solutions. VpCI®-386 represents the journey from solvent-based technologies that once dominated the market to water-based paints that can effectively protect metals from corrosion while reducing VOCs and introducing other user benefits. Over the last several decades, VpCI®-386 has become a mainstay of Cortec® coatings, demonstrating the potential for preservation with a reduced environmental impact.
With the release of EcoLine® 3860, Cortec® is poised to follow this pattern in the field of bio-based paints for corrosion inhibition. Once again, acrylic paints provide a good starting point for metals protection because of their flexibility, good adhesion, and UV resistance. As is typical for Cortec® coatings, EcoLine® 3860 remains well within Green Seal and EPA guidelines for low VOC coatings, registering at 0.6 lbs/gal (72 g/L).
Applied clear or matched to a range of custom colours at a DFT (dry film thickness) of 1.5-3.0 mils (38-76 µm), EcoLine® 3860 offers an unobtrusive way to add corrosion protection to metal parts, equipment, and structures while introducing renewable content.
As Cortec’s first bio-based acrylic anti-corrosion paint, EcoLine® 3860 represents an important milestone in the use of bio-based resins, setting the stage for the development of more advanced bio-based anti-corrosion coatings in the future.