At the end of September, we received notice from the Canadian government formally announcing the regulations for the Architectural Coatings segment (which includes wood coatings). Of interest to all of us (from paint dealers, factory applicators, to consumers), the VOC limit is set at 250 grams/liter. This is the final regulation and is in force as of the date of the Gazette (30 September 2009). The prohibition is based on the anniversary date of the regulation becoming in force. In other words, all exterior wood stains which are over 250 gm/liter will be prohibited for sale/distribution on the 3rd anniversary day of the regulation. For all paint resellers out there, this means that all wood coatings over 250 gm/liter VOC’s be illegal in September 2012.
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In short, this regulation will not have an effect as all of our formulations are already below that threshold.
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this means that all wood coatings over 250 gm/liter VOC’s be illegal in September 2012.
I can’t speak for Canada but the way it works in the US, this sort of statement is usually hyperbole. It is not “illegal” it is simply regulated. For example in California they have the same regulations. I could still sell them a product that was 350 g/l, I would just have to pay an additional tax based on the amount of that material I sold into that district. I would assume the same will be true in Canada. In the US it pretty much comes down to two words “Ban” and “regulated” where “Ban” means it is virtually illegal to do unless you are “special” and “regulated” means the public would support the gov taxing you more for this activity.
Only our Timber Oil formulation can be made that low. I assume they have a water based formulation.
8 standard colors or tinted from 1 base to achieve the 8 colors
We currently offer 4 standard colors and a clear base. We can produce custom colors in batch sizes of 150 gallons or more. Our stock colors can be mixed to produce an array of halftones. All of our formulations can be tinted with any oil based tint system. We recommend high quality micro-ground transparent oxide pigments to retain the highest clarity.
a superb replacement for Flood Seasonite
I am not familiar enough with the two products to comment
3 base tints formatted to match Flood bases and fully tintable from your current tint machine
We do not currently offer any products that would compete with opaque finishes.
Tintable to 8 colours from one base
We have formulations that will compete with this water reducible alkyd formulation but they have not been scheduled for release. I don’t foresee a release date prior to completion of our new manufacturing facility later this year.
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