Market share of waterborne coatings may reach 30% in the future

At present, with the rapid development of the national economy, more and more people are beginning to advocate low-carbon life. For the most important housing renovation in life, the environmental protection and functionality of coatings have become a part of all owners' special attention. All these requirements have laid a solid foundation for the development of waterborne coatings. So, what is water-based paint? How is its development and what will happen in the future?

Waterborne coatings refer to coatings that use water as a solvent or as a dispersion medium. Nowadays, water-based coatings have captured the hearts of some consumers with their superior environmental performance. However, as far as the current development situation is concerned, China's water-based coatings cannot yet be equated with low-carbon paintings. There are also real water-based coatings. A certain gap. Modern people advocate a low-carbon life. With the improvement of consumers' awareness of their own health and environmental protection, low-carbon life has become a trend and inevitable for future development. Water-based paint is undoubtedly the closest coating product to low-carbon environment protection. At present, only waterborne wood coatings have the right to compete for a day.

It is understood that in 2009 China's total coating production reached 7.55 million tons, of which water-based paint was 3.21 million tons, accounting for about 43% of total output. However, it is understood that in 2009 China's annual use of wood coatings is about 800,000 tons, of which solvent-based coatings accounted for 98%, and waterborne wood coatings accounted for only about 2%.

Water-based paint market share may reach 30% in the next five years

Although the proportion of waterborne wood coatings in China is not high in 2009, at present, the development of the paint market in China has started to change. Affected by the sharp increase in crude oil prices in the past two years, paint raw material manufacturers have started to raise prices for their products. As a result, the price of oil-based paints has had to rise, and some have even surpassed some water-based paints. The emergence of this situation has, to some extent, promoted the development of water-based paints. According to unofficial data, the total coating production in 2010 was 9.666 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 22.8%. It can be seen that waterborne coatings in 2010 will inevitably be driven by the overall trend of the paint and occupy more market share. It is also expected that in the next five years, the market share of water-based coatings in the Chinese market can reach 30% or even higher.

Do not let the company short-sighted affect the market investment In recent years, volatile organic compounds in paints have caused increasing concern to the environment and human body. Water-based paints can greatly reduce VOC emissions compared with traditional solvent-based paints and can effectively reduce the The impact of the environment will also help reduce the potential probability of occupational diseases, reduce the risk of fire and storage hazards, and simplify and reduce the processes and costs of the company's ventilation and water treatment. However, at present, the development of water-based coatings in China seems to have encountered some obstacles, mainly reflected in the three aspects of the improvement of policies and regulations, the strengthening of technological innovations, and the popularization of public awareness.

Recalling the history of the development of water-based coatings in Europe and the United States, policies and regulations have played a crucial role in them, and the stringent policies and regulations that have been introduced have forced many paint companies to upgrade their industries and embark on a water-based path. On the contrary, due to imperfect policies and regulations in the country, the paint industry did not really focus on the development of water-based coatings. The short-sightedness of companies caused a small investment in the water-based paint market, which failed to influence consumers to achieve the ultimate purchase behavior, and the consumer’s behavior It will affect the judgment of policy makers and companies on the water-based paint market. Therefore, accelerating the pace of development of waterborne coatings in China must start with policies, regulations, technology promotion, and market education.

The disadvantages of waterborne wood lacquer have been constrained by their inferiority due to performance and price. However, due to the factors of rising raw material prices that led to the rise in the price of some oil paints, it can be said that the water paint market has brought about some development. However, in terms of its performance, many performance indicators of waterborne wood coatings are inferior to those of traditional polyester paints, especially the hardness, wear resistance, and membrane fullness of wood coatings.

At present, the difficulty in the overall promotion of water-based paints lies mainly in the fact that their processes are not as mature as conventional paints, and there is greater improvement and room for improvement in the physical properties of water-based paints. In view of this, water-borne paint cannot yet have an absolute advantage in the market. To sum up, if water-based wood paints are to completely replace oil-based wood paints, they will have to go through a long and difficult period. No matter what kind of process the water-based paint is to replace the oil paint, in the long run, water-based paint instead of oil paint will be an inevitable trend in the use of coatings for furniture and household products.

Rejection of Hypothesis Nowadays, people's living standards are increasing. In the process of renovation, more and more attention is paid to environmental protection and health, virtually driving the demand for water-based coatings in the market. The coatings industry in China is also advancing at an unprecedented speed in the research, production, and application of waterborne coatings. New products are emerging in an endless stream, expanding the market space for waterborne coatings. At the same time, due to the rising price of raw materials mentioned above, the price of oil paints is higher than the price of some water-based paints. This situation is also a rare opportunity to boost the development of water-based paints.

Of course, the development of water-based coatings in China can be said to have taken time, geography, and people, China's water-based paint industry will certainly achieve a leap. However, we must also realize that water-based coatings are not a panacea. It is still too early to completely replace solvent-based coatings with water-borne coatings in many fields. At present, some water-based paints are resistant to water, hardness, and gloss. Not yet solvent-based paint. There is still much work to be done in the development of basic materials, the synthesis of film-forming substances, the innovation of film-forming mechanisms, the improvement of production processes, the reduction of manufacturing costs, and the maturation and specification of coating processes. As paint experts put it, it should be a solid push for the healthy development of the water-based paint business. It must not be used to speculate. Those who claim to paint their own “zero VOC” are not allowed to do so.