Water-based development of epoxy floor coatings is becoming an inevitable trend

Floor coatings are widely applied in modern construction projects including airports and road infrastructure. Among them, epoxy floor coatings stand out for their comprehensive and superior performance. With increasingly stringent environmental protection requirements, water-based development has become the mainstream direction for such products, driving the overall floor coating industry toward water-based epoxy transformation.

Modern industry has set increasingly demanding requirements for flooring. Industries such as food and pharmaceuticals require dust-free floors with no harmful volatile emissions and a clean and hygienic surface. The machinery industry demands excellent resistance to heavy mechanical impact and abrasion, capable of withstanding long-term rolling by forklifts and other vehicles, with easy maintenance even if partial damage occurs. Floors in workshops for machine tools, instruments and meters are often eroded and penetrated by various oils that are difficult to completely remove, requiring outstanding oil resistance. The chemical industry needs flooring that can withstand corrosion from a variety of chemical media.

In addition, floors in modern industrial workshops and residential spaces should be flat, bright and rich in color, creating a comfortable working and living environment. With the rapid advancement of coating technology, the application of floor coatings has become both necessary and inevitable. According to industry experts, due to superior material properties, epoxy-based floor coatings have long dominated the floor coating market.

Traditional solvent-based and solvent-free floor coatings deliver sound basic performance, yet they contain large amounts of volatile solvents that pose varying degrees of harm to human health and the environment. Furthermore, traditional solvent-based paint films feature an extremely dense structure with poor air permeability. When applied to underground substrates with high moisture content, the coating is prone to blistering, peeling and delamination — a commonly encountered problem in practical projects.

In contrast, water-based epoxy coatings form a microporous film structure that allows water vapor to pass through while blocking liquid penetration. It effectively releases internal gas pressure from the cement substrate, fundamentally solving the problem of coating blistering. Therefore, the shift of floor coatings toward water-based epoxy technology has become an inevitable trend.