2.Paint – a story as old as timeHow crude oil becomes paintThe bi-products of fuel refiningseemed unpromising to begin with– just a massive waste problem.But with the advent of steamcracking, hydrocarbons couldbe reduced to monomers fromwhich synthetic polymers couldbe built. Many of the descriptorsfor these have passed into themodern language - polystyrene,epoxy, polyurethane, PVA, vinyl andacrylic, for instance.Developing this way of makingpaint has resulted in low costproduction and in some cases thisis passed on to the consumer.The retail prices for trade paintand premium paint are markedlydifferent, even though the samebinders used in both account formore than 40% of the cost.Crude OilMainstreamModernPaintOILDiagram 1 shows the complexsupply chain of petrochemicalfeedstocks for paint.A significant proportion of the36 million tonnes of all polymersin liquid form made and soldeach year – over 31 million metrictonnes – are sold in the paints andcoatings, inks and coatings, andadhesives and sealants markets.10Essentially the main ingredients forpaint - Acrylic, Resins, PVA, LatexPolyurethane, and Epoxy are madefrom Crude Oil or Natural Gas.Do you think these all sound prettyunnatural? It’s because they are!Historically this supply chain mayhave had a few ingredients in shortsupply but now has shortagesacross the board.edwardbulmerpaint.co.uk
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