Linseed oil-based urethane polymer for woodcare applications

Alberdingk Boley has launched the new, urethane-modified oil polymer grade Alberdingk OP 100. Application fields are impregnations or woodcare oils. The new product is a polymer dissolved in linseed oil which is suitable for all wood species.

The product offers good stain resistance on hardwood and on softwood substrates as well as very good wood-warming, which is comparable to traditional, solvent-borne binders, says the company. Thanks to urethane-modification, it can be applied as one-component or two-component system. Furthermore, it is being used in existing, solvent-borne systems in order to reduce the amount of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). The renewable resource content of Alberdingk OP 100 is more than 80 %. Contrary to many solvent-based systems, the 100 % urethane oil complies with REACH legislation. According to the company, the product is very cost effective, as it is possible to soak an area of approximately 25 m² per litre of material.