ADVANCED TRAINING SHEEN PAINTS PART 2-DISPERSANTS

INTRODUCTION 1-WHY WETTING AND DISPERSING ADDITIVES ARE REQUIRED IF THE PIGMENTS, EXTENDERS ARE NOT OPTIMALLY DISPERSED IN THE WATER THEN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CAN OCCUR FLOCCULATION LOW OPACITY LOW SHEEN WRONG COLOUR OR HUE

INTRODUCTION 2-WHY WETTING AND DISPERSING ADDITIVES ARE REQUIRED CONTINUED POOR TINTER ACCEPTANCE OR DEVELOPMENT FLOODING/FLOATING SETTLING POOR SAG RESISTANCE POOR FLOW

Agglomerate Flocculate

ideal dispersion Solid/liquid interface

Additives

Pigment Stabilization
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Electrostatic Repulsion:the higher the polarity, the greater the effect

ELECTROSTATIC STABILIZATION
IS THE MOST COMMON PIGMENT, EXTENDER STABILIZATION SYSTEM USED IN WATER BASED PAINTS EXAMPLES ARE POLYACRYLATE AND ACRYLATE COPOLYMER DISPERSANTS: E.G. OROTAN N4045, OROTAN 731, OROTAN 165 AND OROTAN 681, BYK 151/154 ALL THESE DISPERSANTS NEED TO BE IONISED (pH ABOVE 7.5 TO WORK )

Pigment Stabilization

Steric Stabilization: the lower the polarity the greater the effect

STERIC STABILIZATION
ALTHOUGH THIS STABILIZATION ROUTE IS USED IN WATER BASED PRODUCTS IT IS USED FAR MORE IN SOLUTION POLYMERS THAN WITH LATEX (DISPERSION) POLYMERS THE MOSTLY COMMONLY USED STERIC STABILZER IN WATER BASED PAINTS IN RSA ARE APEOS-ALKYL PHENOL ETHOXYLATES EG NP 6, NP 9, NP 10 AND NP 11-NP 9 IS THE MOSTLY WIDELY USED APEOS IN RSA MOSTLY AS A PIGMENT, SURFACE WETTING AID WITH TINTER DEVELOPMENT IMPROVING PROPERTIES

APEOS
SINCE 1995 IN THE EU ANY PAINT OR LATEX UTILISING AN APEO NEEDS TO CARRY A WARNING LABEL THERE FORE SUCH FORMULATIONS ARE NO LONGER SOLD IN THE DECORATIVE MARKET IN THE EU IN RSA THE CHANGEOVER IS SLOWER BUT IS STARTING TO OCCUR AS APEOS BEGIN TO INCREASE IN PRICE

ADVANTEX MULTIPURPOSE ADDITIVE 1

CAN REPLACE AMMONIA FOR pH CONTROL AND DISPERSANT IONIZATION TOTALLY REPLACES APEOS AS PIGMENT AND SUBSTRATE WETTING AGENTS CAN PARTIALLY REPLACE POLYACRYLATE DISPERSANTS

ADVANTEX MULTIPURPOSE ADDITIVE 2

ADVANTEX ACTS AS A MICRO COALESCENT SO IT CAN BE USED TO PARTIALLY REPLACE NX795/TEXANOL ADVANTEX ACTS A SYNERGIST FOR BIOCIDES AND DEFOAMERS ADVANTEX AIDS ASSOCIATIVE THICKENER INTERACTION ADVANTEX REDUCES THE CHANCE OF FLASH RUSTING

DISPERSANT LEVELS
ARE DEPENDENT ON THE HARDNESS OF THE WATER TO BE USED IN THE PROCESS SOFTER THE WATER LOWER THE LEVEL OF POLYACRYLATE DISPERSANT REQUIRED (0.5-1% ON PIGMENT, EXTENDER LOADINGS HARDER WATER HIGHER THE LEVEL (1-2% ON PIGMENT, EXTENDER LOADINGS WB GLOSS/PRIMERS REQUIRE MUCH HIGHER LEVELS OF COPOLYMER DISPERSANTS TO ACHIEVE GLOSS/OTHER PROPERTIES (3-5% ON PIGMENT/EXTENDER LOADING)

TINTER ACCEPTANCE IMPROVERS

ARE SPECIFICALLY ADDED TO IMPROVE THE EASE OF TINTER ACCEPTANCE AND OR DEVELOPMENT OF TINTER THEY ARE VERY SYSTEM AND FORMULATION DEPENDENT EXAMPLES ARE BYK 181, NUOSPERSE 115, SURFYNOL 104E/P, HYDROPALAT 7003, DISPERSOL 7003 LEVELS ARE NORMALLY 0.1-1% POST ADDING DOES NOT NORMALLY WORK BETTER IN THE MILLBASE

THICKENER/DISPERSANTS
POLYACRYLATES WORK WELL WITH HASES ACRYLATE CO POLYMERS WORK WELL WITH HEURS WRONG DISPERSANT WITH WRONG THICKENER CAN GIVE PROBLEMS LIKE POOR STABILITY, SYNERSIS LOW SHEEN AND TINTER DEVELOPMENT