Floor Care new product

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Floor Care new product
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Floor Care new product DURAPLUS ADVANTAGE
Project Objective

• Develop a High Solids Formulation (gt 33)
• Labor savings realized versus conventional
  polish.
• Reduced floor down time
• Reduced labor for maintenance

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Challenges in Making High Solid Finishes With
Traditional Floor Care Latices
DURAPLUS ADVANTAGE

• Applications
• - Thermal Viscosity Instability
• - Leveling Problems
• - Mop Drag / Redispersion
• - Recoat Problems
• - Dry Time

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DURAPLUS ADVANTAGE

• Difference between DP Advantage and Traditional
  Floor Care Polymers
• Increase of solids (45.0 46.0)
• Improved appearance
• High Gloss
• Mark Resistance
• Superior Soil Resistance
• Increase of particle size and Zinc crosslinking
  level (stoichiometric) gt improved durability
  and drying

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Zinc crosslinking level higher due to Larger
Particle Size
DURAPLUS ADVANTAGE



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Product Benefits
DURAPLUS ADVANTAGE

• Requires Fewer Coats
• ? Less Total Application Time
• Improved appearance
• High Gloss
• Mark Resistance
• Superior Soil Resistance
• ? Better Looking Floors
• Superior Durability
• ? Less Frequent Recoating and Stripping
• Labor Savings

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Improved appearance
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Superior Soil Resistance
DURAPLUS ADVANTAGE
Commercial Hi Solids Finish
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Grocery Store Soil Resistance
Commercial Polymer HS
DURAPLUS ADVANTAGE
Commercial M
3 months with daily scrubbing and 4x/week 2000
rpm propane burnishing.
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BLACK HEEL MARK RESISTANCE VERSUS COMMERCIAL
HI-SOLIDS FINISHES
Commercial B
Commercial M
DURAPLUS ADVANTAGE
Commercial LS
Commercial TS