{"id":7589,"date":"2017-12-29T08:10:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=7589"},"modified":"2018-01-05T09:40:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:40:30","slug":"pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambient-Cured Latex Paints: How to Improve Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solvent-borne coatings sometimes get the upper hand on ambient-cured latex-based coatings. They have better:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>chemical resistance<\/li>\n<li>moisture resistance<\/li>\n<li>adhesion<\/li>\n<li>surface hardness<\/li>\n<li>abrasion and block resistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But there&#8217;s a secret to improving performance in ambient-cured latex coating formulations. Can you predict the additive? View the slideshow below for latex-based coating formulation guidance and to learn more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/z6elaNUc4EBNB9\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/ProspectorFromUL\/ambientcured-latex-paints-improve-performance-of-your-formulations\" title=\"Ambient-cured latex paints: Improve performance of your formulations\" target=\"_blank\">Ambient-cured latex paints: Improve performance of your formulations<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/ProspectorFromUL\" target=\"_blank\">Prospector from UL<\/a><\/strong> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Was your guess right? Share your experience and insights with a comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solvent-borne coatings sometimes get the upper hand on ambient-cured latex-based coatings. They have better: chemical resistance moisture resistance adhesion surface hardness abrasion and block resistance But there&#8217;s a secret to improving performance in ambient-cured latex coating formulations. Can you predict &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[237],"ppma_author":[1249],"class_list":{"0":"post-7589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-paint-coatings","8":"tag-formulation-challenge","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to improve performance of latex-based coating formulations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Solvent-borne coatings sometimes get the upper hand on ambient-cured latex-based coatings. Learn the key to improving performance in latex-based coatings.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to improve performance of latex-based coating formulations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Solvent-borne coatings sometimes get the upper hand on ambient-cured latex-based coatings. Learn the key to improving performance in latex-based coatings.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prospector Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-29T14:10:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-05T15:40:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_1200.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ron Lewarchik\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2017\/09\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ron Lewarchik\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ron Lewarchik\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21b1c19e5a3e88e83d018aeeeb06d5c1\"},\"headline\":\"Ambient-Cured Latex Paints: How to Improve Performance\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-29T14:10:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-05T15:40:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":84,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_600.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"formulation challenge\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Paint &amp; Coatings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to improve performance of latex-based coating formulations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_600.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-29T14:10:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-05T15:40:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21b1c19e5a3e88e83d018aeeeb06d5c1\"},\"description\":\"Solvent-borne coatings sometimes get the upper hand on ambient-cured latex-based coatings. Learn the key to improving performance in latex-based coatings.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_600.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_600.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Mixing white base paint and red colorant. Copyright: nskyroman \\\/ 123RF Stock Photo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/7589\\\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ambient-Cured Latex Paints: How to Improve Performance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Prospector Knowledge Center\",\"description\":\"Welcome to the blog for UL Prospector, the most comprehensive raw material search engine for product developers.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21b1c19e5a3e88e83d018aeeeb06d5c1\",\"name\":\"Ron Lewarchik\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Ron-Lewarchik_avatar_1399393591.png1f583e3f7bafc7fc8caaa9fa2b269115\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Ron-Lewarchik_avatar_1399393591.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Ron-Lewarchik_avatar_1399393591.png\",\"caption\":\"Ron Lewarchik\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/author\\\/ron-lewarchik\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to improve performance of latex-based coating formulations","description":"Solvent-borne coatings sometimes get the upper hand on ambient-cured latex-based coatings. Learn the key to improving performance in latex-based coatings.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to improve performance of latex-based coating formulations","og_description":"Solvent-borne coatings sometimes get the upper hand on ambient-cured latex-based coatings. Learn the key to improving performance in latex-based coatings.","og_url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/","og_site_name":"Prospector Knowledge Center","article_published_time":"2017-12-29T14:10:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-01-05T15:40:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_1200.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ron Lewarchik","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2017\/09\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_150.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ron Lewarchik"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/"},"author":{"name":"Ron Lewarchik","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21b1c19e5a3e88e83d018aeeeb06d5c1"},"headline":"Ambient-Cured Latex Paints: How to Improve Performance","datePublished":"2017-12-29T14:10:02+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-05T15:40:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/"},"wordCount":84,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_600.jpg","keywords":["formulation challenge"],"articleSection":["Paint &amp; Coatings"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/","name":"How to improve performance of latex-based coating formulations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_600.jpg","datePublished":"2017-12-29T14:10:02+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-05T15:40:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21b1c19e5a3e88e83d018aeeeb06d5c1"},"description":"Solvent-borne coatings sometimes get the upper hand on ambient-cured latex-based coatings. Learn the key to improving performance in latex-based coatings.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_600.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pc-paint-swirl-78133185_600.jpg","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"Mixing white base paint and red colorant. Copyright: nskyroman \/ 123RF Stock Photo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7589\/pc-ambient-cured-latex-paints-improve-performance\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ambient-Cured Latex Paints: How to Improve Performance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/","name":"Prospector Knowledge Center","description":"Welcome to the blog for UL Prospector, the most comprehensive raw material search engine for product developers.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21b1c19e5a3e88e83d018aeeeb06d5c1","name":"Ron Lewarchik","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ron-Lewarchik_avatar_1399393591.png1f583e3f7bafc7fc8caaa9fa2b269115","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ron-Lewarchik_avatar_1399393591.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ron-Lewarchik_avatar_1399393591.png","caption":"Ron Lewarchik"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com"],"url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/author\/ron-lewarchik\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":1249,"user_id":12,"is_guest":0,"slug":"ron-lewarchik","display_name":"Ron Lewarchik","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ron-Lewarchik_avatar_1399393591.png","url2x":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ron-Lewarchik_avatar_1399393591.png"},"author_category":"1","exclude_author":"","first_name":"Ron","last_name":"Lewarchik","user_url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7589"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=7589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}