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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
Additives
Pigment Stabilization
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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
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)
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