Climate Independent Painting: Is Infrared Heating a Solution for Professional Painters?

摘要

Today's costs of maintenance of buildings are very high due to labour. Enlarging the period for painting outdoors and faster drying can reduce these costs. Therefore, the professional painters ask for paint products that should dry within 15 minutes. Infrared heating could be used to achieve these goals. Medium wave infrared heaters show accelerated drying of water borne coatings. Infrared heating results in fast drying, excellent film formation and anti-blocking properties. For solvent borne alkyds and high solids, faster tack-free times and through-dry times are achieved. Raw material suppliers, paint manufacturers and IR-equipment suppliers are challenged to develop new products and equipment to meet the needs of professional painters.