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Solvent-Based

This paint is specified by Federal Specification A-A-2886A , the U.S. government standard for solvent-based paint. The pigment is combined with an acrylic binder and carried in a volatile solvent.

Advantages of solvent-based paint:

• Highest coverage rate (115 ft²/gallon) requires less time and paint.

Issues with solvent-based paint:

• Generally the paint comes in 55-gallon drums subject to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) surcharge for VOC content. This can make solvent-based paints twice as expensive as waterbourne paints.
• Cleanup is done with undesireable volatile organics such as toluene and gasoline.
• If striping equipment is normally used for waterbourne paints, as is typically the case, the conversion to solvent-based paints and subsequent cleanup so the equipment can once again use waterbourne paints is labor-intensive, expensive and creates hazardous waste.