What is a visco-elastic coating?

The main characteristic of this coating material is the permanent visco-elastic behaviour. In other words it will stay in a high viscous fluid phase even after years of application. Due to this visco-elastic property, the system is able to self-healing small coating defects. Usually the basic raw material for a visco elastic coating is “PIB” […]

What are manufacturers of visco-elastic coatings (PIB)

SEAL FOR LIFE INDUSTRIES STOPAQ® The original inventor of visco elastic coatings based on polyisobutylene was the Dutch company called Frans Nooren Afdichtingssystemen BV, that later became famous as a company called STOPAQ® . It was around the 1980s, when the innovation driven Frans Nooren grew to be an expert in watertight sealing systems. At […]