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  1. stony99

    Plastic Color Fading Outdoors

    Thanks H & Pat, It was my company's fault since we should have known not to use this particular Orange pigment for an outdoor application. What would we have to do, arrange to have the 10,000 chairs un-installed, and then supply new resin re-matched with a new Orange that won't fade? The only...
  2. stony99

    Plastic Color Fading Outdoors

    Pat, Thanks for the response. We used .5% UV additive and that is protecting the polymer, but one of the pigments is fading quickly. So the color is changing from an orange shade yellow to a greenish shade of yellow. The yellow pigments that were used are very stable and resist fading...
  3. stony99

    Plastic Color Fading Outdoors

    Hello, Wonder if any of you has an idea on how this could be resolved. We produced color for Polyrpopylene Chairs that were injection molded for outdoor use. The formula has orange and yellow colorants, but the orange is fading within 2 months and the color is changing.The yellow pigments...

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