New Type of Paint
p. 94 · Read in the full issue
Soon on Market
T GUIS BERGER & SONS are now making •*—' and will soon release in Australia a new paint that will contain styrene. It is claimed that it will have sensational qualities of water resistance, gloss reten tion and durability.
Styrene is derived from coal tar or petroleum and is an ingredient of synthetic rubber and plastics.
Styrene for paint first presented itself as a possibility during the war when there was a shortage of linseed oil. In the post-war years Berger’s English com pany obtained styrene in the form of a solvent from an oil-cracking plant and research and experiment have resulted in the new paint which will soon be going onto the Australian market.