ABSTRACT
The UV resistance and thermal stability have always been key performance requirements of flexible polyurethane integral skin foam.
A combination of these two properties, along with low fogging characteristics, is especially important in the wide and fast growing field of (interior) automotive applications. In contrast, for outdoor uses such as shoe soles, the thermal resistance is of lesser importance, with the main performance criterion being the UV resistance
This paper examines the light stability performance of different stabiliser packages in flexible integral skin foam under standard weathering conditions (PV1303).
From the results available in this work it is possible to identify two stabiliser packages, one which shows performance similar to traditional stabiliser systems and a second which gives substantially better performance in both shoe sole and automotive applications.
