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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Steven L. Masia, Lancaster, PA (US);
Michelle X. Wang, Lititz, PA (US);
Kenneth G. Caldwell, Mountville, PA (US);
AWI Licensing LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to dirt and anti-microbial resistant articles that include a substrate, a powder coating applied to the substrate, the powder coating may include a cross-linked polymeric binder. The powder coating may include a blend of metal borate and a sulfur-containing benzimidazole compound, wherein the metal borate and sulfur-containing benzimidazole compound are present in a weight ratio ranging from about 75:1 to about 10:1. The powder coating may include fluorosurfactant and a fluorosurfactant may be applied to the powder coating in an amount ranging from about 0.01 g/mto about 4 g/m. The powder coating may be formed using a liquid-based fluorosurfactant.