Polyaspartic History

A Polyaspartic is a type of polyurea which was developed by Texaco Chemical company back in the early 80's. Originally, it was used for corrosive resistant coatings and repair materials. They are a two-part system meaning that a resin has to be mixed with a catalyst to create the curing reaction that hardens the material.

The draw back of polyureas is the short pot-life. Polyurea dries in 5-10 seconds requiring plural component spray equipment which is costly and cumbersome.

Polyaspartics Aliphatic Polyurea (PATs) overcome all this but still retain the high strength and other advantages of polyurea.

The name polyaspartic has recently become popular among formulators in the id us try due to the need to differentiate it from polyureas and polyurethanes. By definition a polyaspartic is an aliphatic polyurea because it is the reaction of an aliphatic polyisocyanate with a polyaspartic ester.