COMPLIANCE SOLVENTS FOR HIGH-SOLIDS COATINGS.

High-solids coatings are one approach to achieving compliance with the clean air regulations. The use of exempt chlorinated solvents can make this alternative more attractive by providing needed thinning and improvement of handling characteristics without increasing VOC content. While most states generally follow the EPA Control Technique Guidelines for coating applications, coatings users should be aware of the VOC solvent limitations set by their own state's SIP's, because in some cases state regulations may be more stringent than the federal guidelines. Coatings users also should ascertain that their state is one of the many which have approved the chlorinated hydrocarbon compliance solvent option.