Construction Chemicals

Construction Chemicals

ALUMINIUM PASTE NON-LEAFING

Provides a uniform metallic effect within the coating film, offering durability and aesthetic appeal for industrial and automotive coatings.

Properties:
  • Even Distribution: Unlike leafing paste, it remains evenly distributed throughout the coating film rather than floating to the surface.
  • Uniform Metallic Appearance: Provides a consistent, stable metallic look.
  • High Hiding Power: Offers good coverage and brightness.
  • Corrosion Resistance: Enhances the durability and weather resistance of the coating.
  • Durability: Creates a hard, stable film that is resistant to acidic environments and other adverse conditions.
  • Compatibility: Can be mixed with various pigments and is suitable for different paint systems.
  • Good Adhesion: Especially when using resin-coated grades, adhesion is significantly improved.
Applications:

Non-leafing aluminum paste is used in a wide variety of applications:

  • Automotive Coatings: For a durable and weather-resistant metallic finish.
  • Industrial Coatings: Used in marine paints and protective coatings for its corrosion-resistant properties.
  • Architectural Paints: To create durable finishes for both interior and exterior surfaces.
  • Packaging Inks: Provide a uniform metallic appearance to packaging materials.
  • Coil Coatings: Applied to metal coils for various end-uses.
  • Specialty Coatings: Used in OEM, refinish, and decorative applications.

ALUMINIUM PASTE LEAFING

A metallic pigment that forms a reflective layer on the coating surface, giving a bright, shiny finish. Common in automotive and decorative paints.

Properties:
  • Leafing Effect: The coating on the aluminum flakes makes them float to the surface of the paint or ink during drying, creating a bright, highly reflective surface.
  • High Reflectivity: Provides a brilliant, shiny appearance and enhanced reflectivity.
  • Good Coverage: Offers superior coverage and a smooth, silver-white finish.
  • Weather and Corrosion Resistance: The floating flakes provide a tight, protective shield on the paint film, enhancing resistance to UV, acids, and alkalis, and extending coating life.
  • Heat Insulation: The material can provide good heat insulation properties when incorporated into coatings.
Applications:
  • Printing Inks: Delivers a high-gloss, metallic effect for premium and eye-catching packaging and decorative printing.
  • Plastic Masterbatches: Used to enhance the surface appearance of plastic products with a smooth, uniform, and bright finish.
  • Anti-Corrosive Coatings: Protect metal structures from rust and weathering.
  • Roof Coatings: Provide a reflective, heat-insulating barrier for roofs.
  • Industrial & Coil Coatings: Used on a variety of industrial applications, including tank and pipe coatings.
  • Aerosol Finishes: Add a metallic finish to aerosol-applied products.
  • Leather Finishing: Applied to leather products for a decorative metallic finish.

ZINC PHOSPHATE

A white, non-toxic anti-corrosive pigment widely used in primers and coatings. It offers excellent adhesion and rust prevention for metal surfaces.

Properties:
  • Corrosion Inhibition: It forms a dense, insoluble, and protective layer on metal surfaces, acting as a barrier against moisture and aggressive chemicals.
  • Adhesion: Zinc phosphate coatings exhibit good adhesion to various metal substrates, ensuring the protective layer stays intact.
  • Chemical Stability: It is a stable compound, compatible with different paint binders and resin systems.
  • Physical Form: It typically appears as a white crystalline powder.
  • Insolubility: It is insoluble in water but can dissolve in strong acids.
  • Other Properties: It also possesses properties such as wear resistance and lubricity when used in specific applications.
Applications:
  • Paints & Coatings: Used as a pigment and corrosion inhibitor in primers for automotive, industrial, and constructional steel.
  • Dental Cements: Utilized in dentistry to cement crowns, bridges, and orthodontic appliances.
  • Water Treatment: Acts as a corrosion inhibitor and anti-scaling agent in water treatment systems.
  • Lubricants: Added to lubricants and greases to reduce friction and wear.
  • Flame Retardant: Employed as a non-flammable substance to improve fire resistance.
  • Agricultural: Used as a nutrient additive in fertilizers to provide essential zinc and phosphorus for plant growth.
  • Surface Treatment: Serves as a plating and surface treating agent for various metal components.

ZINC DUST

A fine metallic zinc powder used as an anti-corrosive pigment in primers and protective coatings. It provides cathodic protection for steel structures and marine applications.

Properties:
  • Appearance: A fine, bluish-gray metallic powder.
  • Reactivity: Highly reactive, particularly in acidic and alkaline conditions.
  • Solubility: Insoluble in water but soluble in acids and alkalis.
  • Corrosion Prevention: Provides cathodic protection, creating a protective layer that prevents rust and corrosion.
Applications:
  • Anti-Corrosion Coatings: The primary use is in zinc-rich paints and coatings to protect steel and other metals from corrosion in industrial, marine, and automotive applications.
  • Chemical Industry: Reducing Agent: Used in organic synthesis, metal purification, and recovery processes.
  • Desulfurization: Removes sulfur compounds from fuels.
  • Precursor: A starting material for various zinc salts and compounds.
  • Rubber and Plastics: Improves strength, ductility, durability, and resistance to UV and ozone degradation.
  • Batteries: Serves as an anode material in zinc-carbon and zinc-air batteries.
  • Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics: Incorporated into skin ointments and creams for its antimicrobial properties and used in various drug formulations and health supplements.
  • Agriculture: Used as a micronutrient supplement in fertilizers to promote healthy plant growth.
  • Fireworks: Used to create bright, glowing effects

DESMODUR N75

An aliphatic polyisocyanate (HDI biuret) with ~75% solids in solvents, used as a curing agent for lightfast two-component polyurethane coatings. It delivers excellent gloss retention, outstanding chemical resistance, and long-lasting weather durability.

Properties:
  • Hardener: It serves as the reactive component that cures the polyurethane system.
  • Chemical & Weather Resistance: Formulations using DESMODUR N 75 exhibit high resistance to chemicals and adverse weather conditions.
  • Lightfastness: As an aliphatic polyisocyanate, it ensures the lightfastness of the coating, meaning it resists yellowing from UV exposure.
  • Mechanical Properties: It contributes to outstanding mechanical strength and durability.
  • Gloss Retention: Coatings cured with this hardener maintain their gloss for a long time.
Applications:
  • Automotive and Industrial Finishing: Used in coatings for vehicles and industrial equipment.
  • Wood & Furniture Coatings: Ideal for protective and decorative coatings for wood and furniture.
  • Plastics: Applied in coatings for various plastic substrates.
  • Corrosion Protection: Utilized in formulations designed to protect against corrosion.
  • Light-Fast Coatings: Suitable for any application requiring light-stable and long-lasting performance.

CORONATE MPAX 75

An HDI-based modified polyisocyanate hardener (75% solids) used in two-component, non-yellowing polyurethane coatings. It offers excellent weather resistance, durability, and compatibility with polyols for automotive and industrial finishes

Properties:
  • Exceptional UV & Weather Resistance: Prevents yellowing and degradation, ideal for outdoor applications.
  • High Chemical & Abrasion Resistance: Ensures long-term protection in harsh environments.
  • Strong Crosslinking Properties: Enhances mechanical strength, adhesion, and surface hardness.
  • Fast Curing: Achieves tack-free and dry-through times efficiently.
  • Non-Yellowing: Maintains original color and gloss over time.
  • Excellent Adhesion: Works well on a variety of surfaces.
    High Solubility: Compatible with many polyols.
Applications:
  • Automotive Refinishes & Coatings: Forms non-yellowing paints with superior durability and aesthetic appeal.
  • Industrial Coatings: Provides excellent resistance to chemicals and abrasion for long-lasting protection.
  • Wood Finishes: Enhances the properties of coatings for wood surfaces.
  • Aerospace & Transportation Coatings: Offers high performance and durability under extreme conditions.
  • Plastic & Metal Finishing: Improves adhesion, flexibility, and protection on various substrates.

MIDDLE CHROME

A lead sulfochromate yellow pigment with excellent opacity and lightfastness. Commonly used in industrial paints, powder coatings, and printing inks for rich, stable color.

Properties:
  • Color Fastness: Excellent light and weather fastness in both full and reduced shades.
  • Heat Stability: Exhibits good resistance to heat.
  • Dispersibility: Offers good dispersion characteristics, making it easy to mix into various media.
  • Chemical Resistance: Provides good resistance to acids and solvents, but poor resistance to alkalis.
  • Wetting Property: Offers good wetting properties in liquid applications.
Applications:
  • Paints & Coatings: Widely used in synthetic enamels, liquid inks, air-drying, stoving, automotive, and powder coatings.
  • Inks: Used in various types of inks, including offset, screen, and liquid inks.
  • Plastics: Employed as a pigment in masterbatch additives for PVC, polyolefins (PP, HDPE, LDPE), and other plastics.
  • Other uses: Recommended for road markings, paper coatings, and emulsion paints.

SCARLET CHROME

A molybdate orange pigment (Lead Chromate Molybdate Sulfate Red) offering high color strength and heat resistance. Ideal for automotive, industrial coatings, and decorative paints.

Applications:
  • Paints & Coatings: Automotive finishes, synthetic enamels, air-drying paints, stoving paints, powder coatings, and protective coatings.
  • Printing Inks: Gravure, flexo, sheet-fed offset, web offset, newspaper, screen, UV, and liquid inks.
  • Plastics & Rubber: PVC, polyolefins (PP, HDPE, LDPE), masterbatches, synthetic leather, and rubber.

LEMON CHROME

A bright yellow pigment (Lead Chromate) with strong hiding power and good weather resistance. Used in industrial paints, coatings, and plastics for vibrant color and durability.

Properties:
  • Color: A bright, greenish-yellow shade.
  • Chemical Composition: An inorganic pigment, often a lead chromate material.
  • High Color Strength: Provides a strong, brilliant color and high hiding power.
  • Thermal Stability: Stable at high temperatures, making it suitable for heat-curing applications like automotive coatings.
  • Resistance: Offers good resistance to light, weathering, and acids, but has poor alkali resistance.
  • Solubility: Not soluble in water or oils but can be dissolved in alkali solutions and inorganic acids, with a risk of reacting with hydrogen sulfide.
  • Density & Dispersion: Has a specific gravity of around 5 and features good dispersion strength in various media.
Applications:
  • Paints & Coatings: Widely used in industrial paints, automotive finishes, architectural coatings, and marine coatings.
  • Inks: Incorporated into printing inks for gravure, flexo, offset, and screen printing.
  • Plastics: Suitable for coloring plastics, synthetic leather, and other polymer applications.
  • Other Uses: Found in refractories, brake linings, and as a raw material for chromium metal production.

IRON OXIDE RED

A synthetic iron oxide pigment (Pigment Red 101, Fe₂O₃) known for its rich, earthy red color, outstanding opacity, and durability. It is widely used in primers, industrial coatings, cement products, and decorative paints due to its excellent weather resistance and non-toxic nature.

Properties:
  • Color & Pigmentation: Possesses bright, pure red colors, with excellent tinting strength and covering power.
  • Stability: It is a highly stable pigment, non-toxic, and offers excellent lightfastness and weather resistance, even under harsh conditions.
  • Chemical Resistance: Exhibits strong resistance to acids and alkalis, making it suitable for a variety of formulations.
  • Heat Resistance: Offers high temperature resistance, maintaining its color and integrity when exposed to heat.
  • Dispersibility: Good dispersibility in water-based and oil-based systems, allowing for consistent and effective application.
  • UV Absorption: Has ultraviolet (UV) radiation absorption properties, which enhance the performance of paints and coatings.
Applications:
  • Coatings and Paints: Widely used in oil paints, spray paints, anti-rust coatings, and marine paints.
  • Construction Materials: Employed to color concrete, roof tiles, paving stones, and other cement-based materials.
  • Ceramics and Plastics: A favored colorant for plastics, ceramics, and glass products due to its heat stability and durability.
  • Mechanical Applications: Serves as a good polishing abrasive in mechanical processes due to its polishing ability.
  • Cosmetics: Used in makeup and calamine lotion for its coloring.