Paint and Coatings Additives

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MICHELMAN featured Michem® Emulsion and Michem Guard surface modifiers, formulated to produce rub resistance in inks and overprint varnishes, and Michem Lube, one of Michelman’s wax emulsion formulations used to produce a leather-like feel on coatings and polishes for upholstery, car interiors and shoes.

ASHLAND SPECIALTY INGREDIENTS launched Natrosol™ Performax hydroxyethylcellulose, a paint-thickening technology that accelerates production and increases quality of waterborne architectural coatings.

ROCKWOOD PIGMENTS showcased its range of pigments and pigment dispersions.

RHODIA presented its newest offering of additives for low-VOC sustainable coatings, including the Sipomer® range of specialty monomers.

Current automotive coatings systems consist of several layers, such as an adhesion-promoting layer, primer, basecoat and clearcoat.

In Part 1 of this article series,1 we discussed a new class of reactive surfactants, both nonionic and anionic, for use in both conventional aqueous emulsion polymers and in UV-curable coatings that contain two polymerizable moieties.

Troysol™ Z372 is a high-performance universal mar and slip additive that improves the wetting of low-surface-energy and contaminated substrates, resulting in uniform film coverage.

ImExtend™ 14CCL is a new ultrafine calcium carbonate developed for household-appliance powder coatings.

Scottish scientists Dr. David Hepworth and Dr. Eric Whale invented Curran®, an innovative additive for coatings. Curran® was developed with a special, patented process by Scottish company CelluComp Ltd.

In this article, we evaluate how silicone additives can be used beyond the traditional benefits, and demonstrate how these additives can bring added performance in titanium dioxide-based formulations to prevent this age-old problem.