Keeping the

resistance in
Water-based Joncryl® and
Luhydran® products for interior
furniture and flooring coatings
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Table of content

Trends in industrial wood coatings 03

Joncryl® RC emulsions and Luhydran® 04 - 05

core shell acrylic dispersions

Application testing methods 06 - 11

Interior wood coatings line 12 - 21

Coatings for special requirements 22 - 23

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Keeping in the new resistance

of water-based coatings
BASF is the world´s leading chemical company. With six Verbund sites and
close to 385 production sites worldwide we serve customers and partners
in almost all countries of the world. Through new technologies, intelligent
system solutions and high-quality products in accordance with the principles
of sustainable development we help our customes to be more successful.

The biggest challenge within the industrial wood coatings
industry today is providing environmentally sustainable products
which offer the correct balance between coating properties and
performance attributes.
Over the years a variety of technologies has been developed by
BASF in order to cope with the diversity of demand. Use of one
technology over another is usually due to a number of factors
such as regional market preferences, existing application
systems, substrate choice and environmental pressures.
The latter has led to the EEC VOC legislation directive which has
become one of the major driving forces behind the conversion
to water-based from solvent-based systems. This together with
health, environmental and safety concerns including the risk of
fires and the reduction in manufacturers’ insurance costs is
continuing to push the conversion further. Due to the
complexity of modern coatings, BASF works closely in
partnership with its customers and value chain contacts in
order to make customized innovative developments. The
Joncryl® and Luhydran® ranges are sucessfully used in a
variety of water-based coatings for furniture and flooring
applications. The advances made in the Joncryl® and
Luhydran® product ranges allow the coatings formulator to
convert from solvent-based to water-based systems.
Protecting the environment by improved coatings for
furniture and flooring. At BASF, we create chemistry.
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The choice is in the water

Joncryl® RC emulsions and Luhydran®
core shell acrylic dispersions

BASF has a wide range of products for both interior and exterior wood
coatings formulations. There are challenges in terms of performance and
handling and usually there is a trade-off when choosing a certain technology.

BASF technologies Joncryl® RC emulsions – features and benefits

The diversity of the Joncryl® and Luhydran® product lines allows Joncryl® features Your benefits
you to choose from a wide range of water-based technology
platforms. Coatings based on Joncryl® or Luhydran® can be enhanced stability
formulated according to the desired application method:
spraying, flow-coating, dipping or roller-coating. low foaming at high shear
surfactant-free
(pigment grinding directly into binder)
Joncryl® products – Rheology-Controlled (RC) emulsions easy handling

Joncryl® RC emulsions are surfactant-free. This is based on a fine particle size high clarity and gloss
process developed over 25 years ago. And because of excellent
behavior in industrial applications it has become the benchmark excellent morphology: excellent (hot) block resistance
in some industrial applications. The RC technology has been high Tg – low MFT fast water release and film formation
successfully expanded to other applications such as industrial lower coalescent demand
near-Newtonian flow behavior
wood coatings. Joncryl® products have been developed to meet fast drying
market needs. All mentioned properties are of course important, excellent water and chemical
but not always of equal importance. Therefore we focus on your resistance
self-crosslinking
customer’s application to develop a solution that fits. The RC good wet adhesion
emulsions are characterized by the use of a low-molecular-
weight acid-functional resin, produced by a proprietary process
and used as the emulsion polymer stabilizer.

Joncryl® RC emulsions – rheology profile
viscosity (mPa·s)
flow
shear (sec1)
Joncryl® RC emulsion (near-Newtonian)
conventional acrylic dispersion (pseudoplastic)
Luhydran® – features and benefits
Luhydran® features
special monomer composition
crosslinkable or self-crosslinking
compatible with a broad range of
well-balanced morphology
Water-based Joncryl® and Luhydran® products for interior furniture and flooring coatings
spray / brush / roller
Your benefits
excellent filling properties
“Anfeuerung” (warmth of wood)
special resistance properties
(e.g., to plasticizers)
water and chemical resistance
harderners and co-binders
fast water release
good film formation
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Joncryl® and Luhydran® – particle morphologies
homogeneous core shell (inverse)
single-phase feed sequential multi-feed compositions
gradient mixtures
continuous change in feed physical blend of two dispersions
composition (or potential secondary nucleation)
The Luhydran® products – core shell acrylic dispersions
Luhydran® has a long history especially in the wood coatings
market. These products are surfactant-based self-crosslinking
or crosslinkable and particularly suitable for interior wood
applications or as co-binders in some exterior applications.
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Flexibility and application ease

Joncryl® and Luhydran® products have the balance between the right
durability and application properties. A coating needs to have the
combination of ingredients to offer both resistance properties and durability
versus application properties, for example, drying and good stackability.

At BASF we are always striving to push our products to the
limits. This is done by a number of internal and external
weathering testing. On location in the Netherlands and in
Germany we test the water, hail and UV resistance outside at
our weathering stations. For extreme weather conditions,
external test methods such as “Florida exposure” are also used.
Transfer on high-speed lines
The transfer on high-speed lines is optimized by using Joncryl®
RC emulsions and Luhydran® dispersions developed for
optimal transfer. This increases the hiding power and reduces
the number of layers in your customer’s system.

BASF testing methods
BASF has a set of vigorous test methods which have been
developed based on years of experience within the exterior
joinery industry which meet or exceed current European
standards, e.g., EN-927-1/5, DIN 68861b, IKEA R-4. We provide
customers with the results which can help them add value to
their coatings.
Low grain raising, deep penetration and good color
development are very important for primers or single coats.
Water-based systems tend to develop certain grain-raising
effects. Our products are able to minimize this effect by using
proprietary polymeric surfactant and small-particle-sized
emulsions. This allows very quick water release and film
forming, thereby avoiding wood fiber swelling.

Ease of application

Joncryl® RC acrylic emulsions offer near-Newtonian flow

characteristics or solution-like viscosity at both high and low
shear rates. The benefits are excellent flow, leveling and ease of
paint manufacturing. In general, RC emulsions offer good
freeze-thaw, pH-induced viscosity stability and solvent-shock
resistance, resulting in higher production efficiency.
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Up to the challenge
Application test methods
Resistance to moisture –
water uptake, early water resistance
and wet adhesion
Self-crosslinking products from the
Joncryl® and Luhydran® ranges offer
fast water release and optimal film
formation. These characteristics play a
major role in forming protection against
moisture.
Hot block resistance –
drying speed and stackability
Drying speed is the primary need in
driving the conversion from solvent- to
water-based systems. Production lines
are getting faster and faster. BASF’s
water-based polymers provide fast
water release and good film formation,
thus fast drying and early block or
stackability.
In-can clarity –
gloss and transparency
The Joncryl® Rheology-Controlled
acrylic emulsion range is known for its
really clear, almost “solution-like”,
behavior. The unique RC technology
offers a leading edge in appearance,
resulting in good gloss and transparency
of the coating film.

Sanding –
production efficiency
Our products are easy to sand: for both
hand sanding and machine sanding.
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Chemical resistance –
maintaining appearance
The surface is coated and a substance
such as water, acetone, coffee or wine
is applied and covered. After various
measurements in time, the surface is
inspected for changes in color,
brightness, grain enhancement and any
other surface defects.
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Scratch/mechanical resistance –
flexibility of coating film, Taber®1
abrasion test and falling sand
BASF products provide excellent
mechanical resistance to, for example,
extreme weather conditions such as hail.
Joncryl® and Luhydran® products provide
the right combination of film toughness
and elasticity to provide protection against
surface defects. The Taber®1 abrasion test
is universally used in the parquet coatings
market.
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The right combinations

Optimal film formation

VOC reduction – the correct selection of coalescents in a

formulation is very important for a stable formulation for
achieving block resistance and good film forming properties.

Coalescent mixing design

10 g water

3.3 g water
3.3 g DPnB
3.3 g BG
2.0 g water 2.0 g water
2.0 g DPnB 6.0 g DPnB
6.0 g BG 2.0 g BG

10 g BG Test mix: 100 g emulsion, 10 g DPnB

10 g of mixture of solvents / water

For more information on the optimal use of coalescents in your formulation, please contact
our technical support department for tailor-made advice that fits your paint formulation.

• The goal • Test parameters

- find an optimal coalescing mixture - film formation at 5 °C
- early block resistance

• Principle
- mix design of hydrophilic and hydrophobic solvents
- water as mix variable to vary solvent level
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Keeping the resistance in

Interior wood coatings line

The interior wood market is very diverse. It includes segments such as

assembled contemporary furniture, assembled reproduction or antique
furniture, kitchen and bathroom cabinets, and also includes self-assembled
furniture (flatstock) for living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens and bathrooms,
office furniture and flooring. Due to local preferences coating requirements
vary enormously across countries.

The interior wood market – an overview

Over the whole of Western Europe, low - to medium-quality
self-assembly flatstock furniture has become increasingly
popular. This furniture market model gives the consumers the
opportunity to change their interior as fashion trends change
for a reasonable price and with easy accessibility to new
products. Large furniture manufacturers serve the whole intra-
European region. Like in exterior applications, automation and
industrialization of the wooden furniture production market has
led to a demand in systems which reduce coating costs but at
the same time meet environmental pressures. Coating
suppliers want to move away from conventional technologies
like nitrocellulose and acid-curing to 1K water-based and 2K
water-based systems. Some large European furniture
manufacturers are playing a major role in enforcing stringent
demands to reduce VOC outputs even in non-European
production locations like China.
The coating has to fulfil essentially two major requirements:
• physically appealing
• protective and long-wearing
The right combination has to be found between these
requirements: gloss, color and feel with sufficient surface
resistance properties to hot and cold liquids and household
chemicals and mechanical resistance such as scratch and
abrasion. In the furniture industry there is a multitude of
standards regionally. Our products are tested according to
IKEA standards, DIN 68681 and other European standards.
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1K and 2K water-based systems The interior wood market segmentation

Joncryl® RC emulsion and self-crosslinking Luhydran®

product lines have been discussed earlier. Other technologies Flatstock / furniture / flooring industry
available within the BASF water-based wood coatings
portfolio for interior coatings are the polyurethane dispersions
(Joncryl® U) and hybrids and the 2K water-based systems economical quality medium quality high quality
which can be combined with the acrylic emulsions for
enhanced surface resistance properties. low-cost fiber-board fiber-board / MDF wood-based materials
MDF wood-based materials solid wood
For water-based 2K systems with hydroxy functionality
and self-crosslinking chemistries where higher performance kitchen / bathroom
is required, Joncryl® and Luhydran® can be combined with doorskins flatback furniture cabinets
parquet flooring
polyurethane polymers and self-crosslinking chemistries.

The following can be achieved:

• improved properties such as chemical
resistance for a variety of applications
• scratch resistance
• water resistance
• abrasion resistance
• clarity and “Anfeuerung” (warmth of wood)
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Properties for all your needs

Furniture

We endeavor to provide our customers with a complete Furniture performance overview

toolbox of products so that they can choose products
according to their coating requirements. high high high high high high

Furniture performance overview

We have positioned our product offering in a simple

graphic with the most important application properties.
These properties are ranked by product from “low to
high” in relation to each other. Please note that this is a
guideline; your specific formulation composition and
application method may give different results.

low low low low low low

appearance chemical scratch block

VOC sanding
clarity resistance resistance resistance

Luhydran® A 849 S Joncryl® OH 8311 * Joncryl® U6336

Joncryl® 8224 Joncryl® 8330
* crosslinked with Basonat® LR 9056 (isocyanate)

For more information or the complete Joncryl® or

Luhydran® portfolio of products, please refer to
www.basf.com/resins and www.joncryl.com
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Joncryl® 8220 range – interior wooden furniture Joncryl® and Luhydran® – product range for furniture

Solids by Hydroxyl
Joncryl® 8226 MFT pH
Product Technology weight number
improved scratch [°C] [25 °C]
Joncryl® 8224 [%] [on solids]
workhorse Joncryl®
Joncryl® 8225 RC acrylic 45 10 7.7 -
8224
low VOC
Joncryl®
RC acrylic 45 <5 7.8 -
8225
RC acrylic technology
Joncryl®
RC acrylic 42 20 7.9 -
8226
Self-crosslinking range – interior wooden furniture Luhydran® self-
44 39 7.0 -
A 849 S crosslinking
Luhydran® self-
Joncryl® 8322 44 60 7.0 -
A 875 S crosslinking
economical
Joncryl® self-
41 30 8.6 -
® 8322 crosslinking
® Joncryl 8331
Joncryl 8330
improved Joncryl® self-
workhorse 38 33 8.1 -
chemical resistance 8330 crosslinking

Joncryl® 8333 Joncryl® self-

39 59 8.1 -
improved plasticizer and 8331 crosslinking
hand cream resistance Joncryl® self-
45 58 7.2 -
8333 crosslinking
RC acrylic technology Joncryl® self-crosslinking
38 40 8.0 -
U6336 hybrid
Joncryl® OH-
Luhydran® A 849 S Luhydran® A 875 S 42 50 7.6 120
OH 8311 functional
workhorse improved block
Joncryl® OH-
45 48 2.7 100
OH 8312 functional
surfactant-based acrylic technology
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Stackability at its best

Flatstock performance overview

Properties are ranked from “low to high” in relation to each other.

Again this is a guideline; your specific formulation composition
and application method may give different results.

Flatstock performance overview Joncryl® and Luhydran® – product range flatstock

high high high high high

NVC MFT Tg
Product Technology pH
[%] [°C] [°C]

Joncryl®
colloidal 30 <5 8.2 21
8223

Joncryl®
colloidal 44 - 2.1 70
661

Joncryl®
colloidal 40 - 6.2 30
663

Joncryl®
RC acrylic 46 12 8.1 35
77

Joncryl®
RC acrylic 44 <5 8.5 43
1915

Joncryl®
RC acrylic 43 > 60 8.5 78
1992

Joncryl® core
RC acrylic 45 <5 7.8
8225 shell
low low low low low

chemical scratch block Joncryl® self- core

VOC sanding 41 30 8.6
resistance resistance resistance 8322 crosslinking shell

Joncryl® 77/663 Joncryl® 1992 Joncryl® 8322 Luhydran® self- core

44 39 7.0
Luhydran® A 849 S Joncryl® 8223/661 A 849 S crosslinking shell
Joncryl® 1915 Joncryl® 8225
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From top to toe

Flooring

The other large wood coating segment is flooring, including parquet or solid
wood flooring. The principal amount of flooring coatings is “factory-applied”
to wood, parquet or engineered wood flooring by the flooring manufacturer.

Flooring market Flooring performance overview

For the “factory-applied” coatings there is a high throughput high high high high high high
required and thus the requirement for fast drying. The other
application method is the “on-site” coating of wooden flooring,
either for refurbishment of existing floors or for new flooring.
This is usually done by a professional contractor. The coating
formulation depends on the type of wood and the required
gloss levels; mechanical resistance (abrasion and scratch) is
usually also a requirement.
BASF has developed three technologies which offer you the
choice according to your specific requirements of either using
the products in 1K or 2K systems.

low low low low low low

block appearance chemical scratch taber
sanding
resistance clarity resistance resistance abrasion

Luhydran® A 875 S Joncryl® U4190

Joncryl® 8331 Joncryl® U6336
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Flooring segment and technologies Joncryl® and Luhydran® – product range flooring

Recommended Solids by MFT pH Tg

Markets Technology Key properties Product Technology
products weight [%] [°C] [25°C] [°C]
polyurethane Joncryl® self-crosslinking
dispersion scratch, U4190 Joncryl® core
polyurethane 38 40 8.0
abrasion and U6336 shell
acrylic hybrid
self-crosslinking chemical Joncryl®
polyurethane resistance Joncryl® polyurethane
U6336 37 23 8.5 -
acrylic hybrid U4190 dispersion
block Luhydran® Luhydran® core
flooring self-crosslinking 44 60 7.0
resistance A 875 S A 875 S shell
plasticizer and Joncryl® core
Joncryl® self-crosslinking 40 33 8.0
self-crosslinking hand cream 8331 shell
8333
resistance Joncryl®
self-crosslinking 45 58 7.2 -
chemical Joncryl ® 8333
resistance 8331
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Make the move for a better future

Conversion from solvent-based systems

Different technologies will deliver different properties

to make the conversion to water-based coatings happen.

Water-based technologies Examples for interior industrial coating applications

To fully convert, we need to make use of the full toolbox of Solvent-based Water-based Application Recommended
water-based technologies. While a one-for-one replacement technology technology examples products
for all technologies is not realistic, water-based products are Joncryl® 77
flatstock board
making major performance advances. Joncryl® 661
short-oil alkyd and RC emulsion/ Joncryl® 663
doorskins
Laromer® UV products nitrocellulose colloidal
Joncryl® 1915
furniture Joncryl® 1992
BASF also has a complete range of UV radiation-curing
products. The Laromer® UV range of products can also be
used in combination with the Joncryl® and Luhydran®
products for additional performance characteristics. Joncryl® 8225
acid-curable RC furniture
Joncryl® 8226

Joncryl® 8322
self-crosslinking
Joncryl® 8331
RC furniture Luhydran® S 849 T
polyesters (high chemical
resistance) Joncryl® 8311
OH-functional Joncryl® 8331
Luhydran® S 938 T
Joncryl® OH 8311/
OH-functional furniture OH 8312 +
Basonat® LR 9056
2K polyurethane
aliphatic Joncryl® U6336
furniture/
polyurethane
flooring Joncryl® U4190
hybrid/dispersion
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Cover all surfaces

Coatings for special requirements

Within the furniture industry there is a specific area

of products used for furniture foil applications.

Furniture foils Furniture foils performance overview

These products are composed of a surface material bonded on

high high high high high high
top of the fiberboard and then coated. This fiberboard is
usually high-quality MDF.
Melamine is generally used on chipboard for kitchen and
worktops because of its toughness. Furniture foils are
commonly used in bedroom and office furniture applications.

Luhydran® OH functionable range – furniture foils

Luhydran® S 938 T Luhydran® S 945 T

ecological improved
workhorse light stability

OH-functional technology

Furniture foils application properties

Recommended
Market Technology Key properties
products
crosslinkable
Luhydran® S 938 T +
with melamine
Luwipal® 069
high chemical
resistance Luhydran® S 938 T +
Basonat® HW 100/
excellent
Basonat® LR 9056
furniture OH-functional adhesion
foils acrylic low low low low low low
large pH range
curability light chemical scratch pH block
low yellowing with melamine
Luhydran® S 945 T resins stability resistance resistance workability resistance
(white substrates)
good chalking Luhydran® S 938 T Luhydran® S 945 T
resistance
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