Coatings, paints and printing inks
The commodity backbone of a coating formulation, and the additives that decide how it behaves.
Scope
Coatings buyers rarely need one product. They need a consistent set: a binder that holds the film together, a pigment system that delivers colour and hiding power, extenders that control cost, a solvent balance that governs application, and the additives that decide whether the finished film flows, wets, matts or yellows.
We quote against the specification you are formulating to. Where a grade you have used before is unavailable, we will propose the closest equivalent and state exactly where it differs, rather than substituting quietly.
Product families
Binders and resins
Acrylic and styrene-acrylic emulsions, alkyd resins, epoxy resins and hardeners, polyester and amino resins, polyurethane dispersions, phenolic and hydrocarbon resins, isocyanate curing agents.
Pigments and fillers
Titanium dioxide in rutile and anatase grades, organic and inorganic pigments, carbon black, iron oxides, calcium carbonate, kaolin, talc, barium sulphate, wollastonite and other functional extenders.
Solvents
Aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents, esters including butyl and ethyl acetate, ketones including MEK, MIBK and acetone, glycol ethers and their acetates, isopropanol, white spirit.
Additives
Wetting and dispersing agents, defoamers and deaerators, rheology modifiers and thickeners, matting agents and fumed silica, surface and slip additives, driers, adhesion promoters, in-can and dry-film biocides, hindered amine light stabilisers and UV absorbers.
Monomers and intermediates
Acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, styrene, vinyl acetate monomer, plasticisers.
Typical applications
- Architectural and decorative paints
- Industrial and protective coatings
- Wood and furniture finishes
- Coil and can coatings
- Automotive OEM and refinish
- Solvent- and water-based printing inks
What comes with the material
Every consignment travels with a batch-referenced certificate of analysis issued for that lot. A safety data sheet in the required format is provided ahead of delivery, and a technical data sheet is available for the grade before you order.
A certificate of analysis belongs to a specific production lot, so it is issued against your shipment rather than published on this page.
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