Coating Wood and Wood Composites is subject of fall FSCT Advancements in Coatings Series

JCT CoatingsTech, June, 2005

The FSCT will sponsor an ACSeries on "Coating Wood and Wood Composites: The Changing Future" at the Marriott Charlotte Executive Park in Charlotte, NC. To be held September 25-27, this program provides new insight into the complex nature of a number of technologies through lectures that integrate the vastly different properties of wood, wood-based materials, and the coatings used on them.

Endorsed by the Master Painters Institute, RadTech International North America, and the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America, the program consists of a one-day short course, followed by a two-day symposium featuring keynote addresses and short presentations by experts in the field.

Attendees Will Learn About:

* Wood and wood-based composites

-- How wood properties affect coatings performance

-- Future trends (plantation-grown wood, tropical species, preservative treatments)

-- Choosing wood-based materials to achieve meaningful coatings test results

-- Solving wood/coatings failures in the field

-- Coating wood/plastic composites

-- Effect of wood weathering on coatings performance

-- Why wood/coating fail prematurely

-- Understanding moisture movement in structures and how to prevent it

* New regulations and issues affecting wood/coatings industry

-- Residual risk, wood furniture rule

-- Hazardous air pollutant rule, wood building products

-- Impending changes to the VOC regulations

-- Understanding mold and how to stop it

* Factory applications

-- UV curing

-- Powder coatings

* New developments in formulation

-- Low VOC formulations

-- Additives containing nanoparticles

* Getting the most for your research test money

-- Designing better field tests

-- Automatic data collection during field testing

-- Linking field and laboratory test results

Who Should Attend?

Coatings formulators, engineers, and students involved in coating development, laboratory and field testing, and service life prediction methods.

Managers and sales personnel who will increase their awareness of new products and the necessity for matching proper coatings to various wood and wood-based products.

Architects, builders, and painting contractors who wish to gain a better understanding of the nature of wood and wood-based products and learn how to match various materials to improve cost-effectiveness and achieve long service life, avoid early failures, and recognize the causes of wood/paint failures in the field.

Anyone involved in supplying the wood and paint industries: developers and manufacturers of coatings components, coatings formulators, users of coatings, and those writing coatings specifications, who wish to learn how to get meaningful data from laboratory and field tests, improve product performance, and enhance product and financial effectiveness.

Short Course Schedule

Sunday, September 25

MORNING SESSION

General Introduction/Overview--R. Sam Williams, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory

The Effects of Wood Properties on Coating Performance--R. Sam Williams

Overview of New Preservatives for Wood and Their Effect on Coatings Performance--Kevin J. Archer, Chemical Specialties, Inc.

Coatings for Wood Composites--Weather, Clean and Protect--Michael DePietro, Omega Testing and Weathering Services, LLC, and R. Sam Williams

Hazardous Air Pollutant Rule, Wood Building Products, Residual Risk, Wood Furniture Rule--Lynn Dail, U.S. EPA

AFTERNOON SESSION

Weathering Testing Workshop--Al Zielnik, Atlas Material Testing Technology

Ground Zero: New Orleans--The Great Termite Battle--W. Ramsay Smith, LSU Ag. Center, Louisiana State University

Moisture Movement/Intrusion into Structures--Anton TenWolde, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab

Properties of Wood Fiber-Thermoplastic Composites--Roger M. Rowell, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab

Exhibits & Reception

Symposium Schedule

Monday, September 26

MORNING SESSIONS

The following two concurrent sessions will be featured:

The Changing Nature of Wood-Based Substrates

Keynote Address -- The Changing Nature of Exterior Substrates--D. Douglas Mall Sr., The Dow Chemical Co.

On the Use of Menthol Propyleneglycol Carbonate (MR-08) in Wood Preservation--Jonathan R. Matias, Poseidon Sciences

The Changing Nature of Deck Finishes--Victoria Scarborough, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Wood Care Group

Coatings for Composite Decking--Shelly Fox, Rohm and Haas Company

Effective Light (UV) Stabilizers for Wood Coatings--Gerd Faoro, Clariant Corp.

Effect of Surface Texture and Grain Angle of Western Red Cedar on the Performance of Low VOC Finishes--R. Sam Williams and William C. Feist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab

Meeting the VOC Requirements for the Future

Keynote Address -- VOC Regulation of Architectural Wood Coatings: Planning for the Future--Dan Forestiere, Sherwin-Williams, Wood Care Group

Advances in Powder Coatings for Wood--Paul Mills, PPG Industries

Low Temperature Cure Powder Coatings--A New Challenge for Polyurethanes; An Opportunity for Wood--Werner Grenda, Jorn-Volker Weiss, and Emmanouil Spyrou, Degussa AG and Corey King, Degussa Corp.