Webinars and Recordings
Watch the recordings of our previous webinars and learn more about our high-performance resins and colorants.
Navigating Adhesive Formulation Challenges with Waterborne Acrylic Polymers
Presented by EPS
October 2, 2025
Listen to EPS discuss navigating adhesive formulation challenges with waterborne acrylic polymers
Next-Gen Acrylic Polymers: Innovating to Tackle Coatings Industry Challenges
Presented by Dr. Robert Sandoval
November 26, 2024
Listen to PCI and EPS discuss the trends and challenges shaping the coatings industry and learn more about recent polymer innovations from EPS.
Behind the Bond: High Performance Waterborne Acrylic Polymers
Presented by Robert Sandoval
October 25, 2024
In recent years, the manufacturing industry has seen a surge in innovative bonding methods. Key to this are adhesives and sealants that set new performance standards by offering enhanced strength, improved durability, multi-substrate compatibility and versatility while being cost-effective. In this webinar, we'll present a comprehensive overview of the different types of waterborne acrylic adhesives and discuss the crosslinking chemistries used to formulate high-performance adhesives. We'll also highlight polymers developed by EPS that are reshaping the adhesives segment by offering superior performance characteristics.
Keeping White Roofs White – Reflective White Roof Coatings with Asphaltic Bleed Resistant Technology
Presented by Dr. Brent Crenshaw
May 15, 2024
EPS is well known in the coatings industry for the bleed blocking technology it has incorporated into acrylic latexes. This same bleed blocking technology has now been incorporated into EPS 2719, a resin specially designed for use in reflective roof coatings over asphaltic substrates. EPS 2719 can be used as a base coat under both acrylic and silicone topcoats or alone as a complete base coat/top coat system to maintain the whitest roofs in the market.
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New Polymer Made Without Fluorosurfactants
September 29, 2022
Coatings World editor Kerry Pianoforte sits down with Karl Booth, R&D technical manager for EPS – Engineered Polymer Solutions.
Early Hot Block Resistance in Near-Zero VOC Formulations Without Fluorosurfactants
Presented by Karl Booth
Recorded on August 30, 2022
Learn how to achieve same-day hot block resistance that allows for faster return to service in high gloss near-zero VOC formulations, without the use of fluorosurfactants.
Innovative Resin Technology to Maximize Dirt-Pickup Resistance
Presented by Dr. Robert Sandoval
Recorded on October 26th, 2021
Maximizing dirt-pickup (DPUR) resistance is a key requirement for many exterior applications, from architectural house paints, caulks & sealants, to elastomeric roof coatings. Join this webinar to learn about EPS resin technology that maximizes DPUR without the need for special additives.
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Waterborne Industrial Polymers
April 14, 2021
R&D Technical Manager Dr. Robert Sandoval discusses EPS' additions to its waterborne industrial portfolio of high-performance resins and polymers.
High-Performance Acrylic Resins for Industrial Wood
Presented by Massimo Longoni
July 14, 2020
A growing demand for waterborne coatings in the wood industry has created new opportunities as well as new challenges. Formulators need to deliver coatings that are cost-competitive and meet performance expectations, including ease of application, appearance and durability.
High-performance waterborne resins and colorants designed for construction, industrial and architectural coatings
Presented by Dr. Robert Sandoval, Karl Booth, Chris LeFever, Mark Ellsworth
April 23, 2020
Waterborne acrylic resins and colorants offer improved performance with lower VOC levels. EPS® delivers a complete line of waterborne products designed to serve the construction, industrial, and architectural coatings industries.
New Acrylic Binder for High Performance Waterborne Low VOC Direct-to-Metal Coatings: Resin and Coating Formulation Interactions
Presented by Chris LeFever
Recorded on December 5, 2019
Waterborne acrylic emulsions have long served as resins for general industrial applications. However, emulsion polymers at low VOC often lack the capability of balancing hardness, adhesion, and anti-corrosive performance, thus limiting their use in direct-to-metal (DTM) applications.
Factors that influence successful DTM formulations will be discussed, including pigment volume concentration, extender chemistry, extender particle size, and polymer compositional variables.
Improving Adhesion to TPO with Waterborne Acrylic Resins
Presented by Dr. Brent Crenshaw
Recorded on October 29, 2019
As the coatings industry converts more to waterborne technologies, strategies once used to improve adhesion are no longer an option. For example, low surface energy substrates such as thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) membranes or ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM) membranes are notoriously difficult to adhere to. This is due to the lack of chemical functionality on the membrane surface to improve adhesion. This is particularly true on unweathered substrates.
This talk will present an overview of common substrates and data will be presented demonstrating how newly developed waterborne acrylic resins and their coatings formulation can impact, and in the case of resin choice, dramatically improve adhesion, thus enabling conversion away from solvent-borne technologies.
DTM Coatings Trends and Challenges: Closing the Performance Gap
Presented by Massimo Longoni
June 12, 2019
Waterborne modified-acrylic resins have been used in light duty industrial applications for many years, with one of the most popular applications being direct to metal (DTM) coatings.
Direct To Metal Balancing Act – Minimizing Applied Cost while Maximizing Protective Performance in Waterborne Coatings
Presented by Chris LeFever
Recorded on August 23, 2018
For years, styrene-acrylic emulsions have been used as waterborne solutions for anticorrosive applications. Many of these polymers have been able to reduce VOC content to between 100-200g/L. However, due to increased regulatory pressure, developing polymers with even lower VOC capabilities is necessary. To address the market need in this area, EPS has developed a next-generation, 50g/L capable, styrene-acrylic emulsion with the ability to pass extended wet adhesion tests, withstand thin film corrosion testing, and rapidly develop anti-blocking properties.
Direct To Metal Balancing Act – Minimizing Applied Cost while Maximizing Protective Performance in Waterborne Coatings
Presented by Chris LeFever
August 23, 2018
For years, styrene-acrylic emulsions have been used as waterborne solutions for anticorrosive applications. Many of these polymers have been able to reduce VOC content to between 100-200g/L. However, due to increased regulatory pressure, the need to develop polymers with even lower VOC capabilities is necessary. With this push comes the need for binders with lower filming temperature; these often have an adverse effect on a number of DTM performance properties. The most prevalent of these are hardness, block resistance and corrosion resistance. To address the market need in this area, EPS has developed a next generation, 50g/L capable, styrene-acrylic emulsion with the ability to pass extended wet adhesion tests, withstand thin film corrosion testing, and rapidly develop anti-blocking properties. This next generation technology provides a regulatory compliant and low VOC emulsion capable of providing the performance necessary for demanding applications.