Aqua Coat Development

The predecessor of Aqua Coat was a unique coating that was developed in the 1970’s. This was a coating with a relatively low VOC content (61gm/kg) and had an outstanding durability. Since then Aqua Coat formulations have been developed into a
Our company’s current and past formulation developers have been in the coating industry for over a combined 40 years, gaining experience from fields in the military environment and industrial, commercial and decorative applications. This knowledge has been formulated into the Aqua Coat range of durable, industrial, commercial, decorative, military and various other coatings. We believe that Flair’s water borne technology has been proven to be the most suitable as a protective coating for various substrates. The Flair range of products have developed over the past five years to such an extent, that we believe we are the leaders in the Ozone Friendly Race.

Research And Development

Flair believes that research and development is ongoing, thus insuring that we keep in touch with the latest chemical developments and advances. Water borne paint technology is developing rapidly due to worldwide pressure to find solutions in preventing/reducing atmospheric pollution (VOCs) of which conventional paints are one of the main contributors.

What are VOCs(Volotile Organic Compounds)?

VOCs are organic chemicals that become a breathable vapour or gas at room temperature, ie petroleum solvent based paints, benzene, formaldehyde (also used in paints as a preservative) and vinyl chloride, to name a few. These solvents (VOCs), when released into the atmosphere, react with nitrogen oxide and contributes to the atmospheric pollution. They have been linked to some health concerns such as asthma.

Aqua Coat has distinguished itself from other paints/coatings by developing a coating with an extremely low to zero VOC ( 0 – 0.052kg/litre as compared to targeted levels of VOC for 2004 in the paint industry which was 0.245 kg/litre)