| The conventional paints for vehicles proved more | | | | can be imagined as mixing paint for the purposes of |
| dangerous because it contains many ingredients that | | | | drawing water. But the end of result is almost |
| are always environmentally destructive. For this | | | | exactly same as oil paint, which more powerful and |
| reason, the technologies in this field continue to be | | | | easily to coat the shiny metal. Because of it is easily |
| developed for the creation of environmentally friendly | | | | soluble in water, the other chemical solvent needed in |
| products that has quality no less than conventional | | | | the process of painting as a whole can be very small, |
| paint. | | | | about 10 percent compared to the use of |
| Recently, the development of technologies that | | | | conventional paint. |
| relates with paint is growing very fast. In fact, the | | | | On the basis of painting process with conventional |
| latest technology brings paint with waterborne | | | | products required 85 percent of toxic solvents. But, |
| technology. This product contains more elements of | | | | by using this new type of paint, the other chemical |
| water including for the dilution purposes instead of | | | | solvents compounds that required only ten percent. |
| toxic compounds such as paint thinner in it that can | | | | The advantage of using waterborne is not only |
| cause the damage to environment. | | | | reducing the environmental problem in the process of |
| Waterborne technology can be described as a simple | | | | refinishing, but also balancing ecological and economic |
| process; water can replace liquid paint thinner for the | | | | systems. This new material is safer to be used every |
| benefit of mixing, painting, and evaporation. This is | | | | day, and also can greatly reduce the investment of |
| very beneficial because the substance that contained | | | | new equipment, because the using of material is less |
| in a thinner is a form of environmental damaging | | | | than conventional paint. |
| compounds. | | | | Automotive manufacturer Audi in Germany has also |
| However, it does not mean waterborne did not use | | | | made research to refine these findings. The |
| paint thinner in the entire production process. But | | | | development includes the process of water dissolving |
| the concentration and the amount of use is reduced | | | | directly mixed in the circulation at a special container |
| if it compared with the use of paint thinner in | | | | when sprayed. This also includes the using of the |
| conventional products. | | | | latest ultra filter system. |
| Therefore, the combination of paint that contains | | | | The process is the water from the paint collected in |
| water with a high solid system is the mixture of | | | | 250,000-liter tank before cleaning the pollutants and |
| several chemical compounds that contained in the | | | | other toxic chemicals. After that the water is |
| paint can reduce the amount of toxic solvents which | | | | recycled into the painting circuit. In other words, to fill |
| is used. The new system is also very | | | | the water circuit, also required the water. It means |
| environmentally friendly including the coating process, | | | | that the whole process of painting is not only |
| coat base, and also coat. | | | | guaranteed of environmentally friendly, but also very |
| Paint that contains more water must be heated in a | | | | economical, because the water can be recycled. |
| temperature between 5 to 30 degrees Celsius. Even | | | | The process is able to reduce more than 70 percent |
| for a better result required the heating process until | | | | of the energy for the purposes of tinting on the |
| the temperature 20 degrees Celsius. The process is | | | | entire of the cars body in the series of production |
| slightly more complicated than the use of | | | | car in the factory. That means it will save at least |
| conventional paint. | | | | 2900 tons of oil for heating purposes in the process |
| Recently, this system has been developing a method | | | | of painting in the factory of Audi per year. |
| of painting with oven, and can eliminate some | | | | If discussing about this new paint technology, of |
| obstacles. For example, to mix paint in the oven you | | | | course it must be linked with the painting process of |
| must be carefully before painting. Moreover, it can | | | | vehicle in the factory. The result is the progress of |
| also be used infrared method, so that the paint which | | | | the environmental protection and the efforts to |
| is diluted with water definitely can be dried with ease. | | | | suppress the production cost can be obtained by |
| This product formulated to be friendly with water. | | | | using waterborne. Meanwhile, for the business or the |
| Therefore, pigment-binding process is one of | | | | painting services, the level of information about |
| examples that can be performed easily. This process | | | | efficiency is not obtained yet. |