Unique Benefits of PARALOID™ for the Conservation Market

Several PARALOID™ products are the materials of choice for a wide array of conservation applications, and are regularly used to protect art, architecture, and archeological treasures. These protective coatings were originally developed for the paint and coatings industry and later widely adopted for the consolidation and stabilization of fragile objects and deteriorated stone.

PARALOID™ materials produce tough, durable, attractive films with excellent resistance to alcohol, alkalis, water and oils. Today, conservators use them as adhesives, consolidants, fillers with bulking agents, and as cast films for lost compensation in glass.

Due to the stringent demands and high visibility of conservation projects, PARALOID™ products such as PARALOID™ B-72 have been exhaustively tested and evaluated against a wide array of competing products. Conservators have identified a number of Paraloid™ and RHOPLEX™ / PRIMAL™ products that benefit them in their work due to their unique properties. Generally, these products offer the following benefits:

1. High reversibility (capable of being removed from the work without damaging it)
2. Superior optical properties (water-clear transparency and resistance to discoloration at high temperature)
3. Outstanding durability
4. Generally excellent resistance to mineral oils, vegetable oils, and greases
5. Superb resistance to degradation by water, alcohol, alkalis, and acids
6. Very good resistance to chemical fumes
7. Flexibility
8. Good electrical properties
9. Relatively high resistance to combustion

Conservators have also discovered Rohm and Haas RHOPLEX™ and PRIMAL™ waterborne acrylic resins which offer many additional functionalities, and rigorous compliance with sustainability guidelines. Click here to learn more about RHOPLEX™ or PRIMAL™ products.

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