About me
Solvents
Solvent type, classification, characteristics, solvency, evaporation rate, odor, flash point, VOC, HAP, MIR, formulation considerations
Biogrpahy
Keith received his BS in Chemistry from Kentucky Wesleyan College and his MS in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. He has worked in the coatings industry since 1980. He is the author of both patents and technical articles on waterborne coatings. Prior to retiring from Eastman Chemical Company in 2017 after 30 years, he held leadership positions as Vice President R+D Americas for Lawter International, and R+D Technical Manager-Coatings Resins for McWhorter Technologies, when both were subsidiaries of Eastman Chemical Company. He has presented seminars on solvent technology to research groups at Akzo, Sherwin-Williams, BASF, PPG and many other coating manufacturers. For the last several years, he has written the column “Moody’s Coatings Conundrums” in PCI magazine.
