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Waterborne is too high viscosity

Will adding water to waterborne paint drop the viscosity in the paint. The lab tested some paint and said the viscosity was too high by 5%.

Rob Cochran
structural steel fab - SHREVEPORT, LA, United States
2003

The simple answer is yes but it will also drop the volume solids and therefore the film build.

Terry Hickling
Birmingham, United Kingdom
2003

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