Products for PAINT - COATINGS
dar-tech, Inc, distributes a wide range of products used in the paint & coatings industry. These include specialty additives such as silicone emulsions, fluids and silanes, dispersants, defoamers, deaerators and wetting agents, catalysts, crosslinkers and adhesion promoters, surfactants, emulsifiers and thickeners, flatting and matting agents, micronized wax additives and surface modifiers. We also supply pigments, polyurethane and acrylic resins, and functional minerals such as microcrystalline talc, clays, mica, ATH, barytes, and other functional minerals such as Minex® and Imsil® that enhance the application and performance of paints.
These products provide formulation versatility, improved processing, application properties and enhanced appearance & film properties.
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ADDITIVES
ACCESS RUDOLF TECHNOLOGIES
Silicone emulsions, Silicone MQ resin technologies, specialty organofunctional Silanes, functionalized Silicone fluids, fluorine free stain repellant, Isocyanate, Block Copolymers and narrow molecular weight Polyethylene polymers.
AFCONA ADDITIVES
High molecular weight polymeric dispersants, wetting and dispersing additives, defoamers & deaerators, flow & slip agents.
BORICA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
TYTAN titanate & zirconate catalysts, crosslinkers and adhesion promoters.
DEVINE CHEMICAL
DeCal 1000 Series associative & polymeric thickeners, DeCal 2000 Series polyacrylate dispersants, surfactants & emulsifiers. DeCal 5000 series defoamers.
HUBER
Pergopak® flatting and matting agents are organic thermoset polymethyl urea resins (PMU) offering significantlydifferent performance advantages and benefits versus typical silica and polypropylene type flatting agents.
HUBER cont’d
Pergopak products help formulators of industrial coatings, inks and overprint varnishes to achieve a higher performing balance of low gloss, rheology, abrasion resistance, coin-marking, water resistance, chemical resistance, heat resistance and soft feel – that they are unable to achieve with silica or wax flatting agents alone.
MICRO POWDERS, Inc.
Micronized wax additives and surface modifiers provide a toolbox of solutions that can enhance durability, functionality, aesthetics, and haptics. Micronized and dispersions of Synthetic, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, PTFE, Amide, Carnauba waxes and wax blends.
MINIFIBERS, Inc.
SHORT STUFF® highly fibrillated HDPE fibers are a unique form of polyolefin fibers having properties which offer many advantages over conventional products, such as fumed silica or cellulosics, in certain applications. These fibers can be used in coatings, block fillers, stucco, adhesives, putties, mastics, grouts, caulks, sealants, casting slurries, and more.
PIGMENTS
CHEMOURS
Ti-Pure™ TiO2 solutions for coatings, specifically in architectural applications and industrial applications, including original equipment manufacturers (OEM), marine, aerospace, and industrial building. Products with high-quality Ti-Pure™ TiO2 can boast better durability, protection, and longevity for these applications.
DCL CORPORATION
The global leader in the supply of color pigments and dispersions for the coatings Industry. Organic Yellow, Orange, Red, Blue, Green, Violet pigments. Inorganic Aluminum Paste, Anticorrosive pigments, Bismuth Vanadate, Molybdate Orange & Chrome Yellow, Chromium Oxide Green pigments, Milori Blue, Ultramarine Blue & Violet, Carbon Black, Lanox Iron Oxides, Zinc Ferrite & Zinc Oxide, Special Effect
RESINS
HAUTHAWAY
Hauthane water-based polyurethane dispersion portfolio affords formulators options for compounding coatings for wood and concrete flooring, automotive interior plastics, leather seating and garments, and flame retardant finishes for textiles.
ZS INTERPOLYMER
SYNTRAN® water-based acrylic grades based on proprietary technologies that can be used in a variety of paint & coatings and graphic arts/ink applications. In addition to conventional alkali-swellable and emulsion acrylics, ZS Interpolymer offers four unique acrylic technologies: dual self-crosslinking technology gives superior water, stain and chemical resistance compared to traditional self-crosslinking acrylics, anionic-cationic hybrid technology gives cationic properties with anionic compatibilities, such as tannin blocking, inherently matte acrylic technology is an acrylic-based liquid matting agent without the need for inorganic chemistry, acrylic-olefin grafting technology offers better stability than traditional olefin waxes.
FUNCTIONAL MINERALS
BURGESS PIGMENTS
Thermo Optic Flash Calcined clays, OPTIWHITE, OPTI-WHITE MX, and OPTIWHITE P, are specifically designed to lower TiO2 levels, control sheen for maximum matte effect, and improve tint strength, touch-up, and scrub and burnish resistance. Conventional calcined kaolin grades Iceberg and Icekap K offer standard filler performance properties.
FUNCTIONAL MINERALS cont’d.
An extensive range of cutting-edge and cost-effective functional performance mineral fillers and manufactured material solutions. MINEX functional filler made from nepheline syenite which provides unparalleled durability and resistance to abrasion, fading, cracking, and aging associated with both environmental and chemical exposures. IMSIL microcrystalline silica fillers are produced from an inert, naturally occurring alpha quartz with a unique grape-like morphology. Finer micronized grades are useful in formulating higher gloss paints and systems requiring controlled particle top size such as Industrial OEM topcoat coats and non-conductive inks.
MAGRIS TALC
Nicron engineered microcrystalline talc products are high-purity, premium mineral pigments ideal for high performance coatings requiring minimum viscosity, higher loading levels in VOC compliant and high-solids industrial
and architectural coatings. Engineered talc products impart hydrophobicity, water resistance, and barrier properties, anti-corrosion performance, film reinforcement, ease-of-dispersion, and anti-settling rheology for industrial maintenance coatings, marine coatings, and general industrial and protective coatings. Mistron high-brightness, high-purity talc products offer superior pigment spacing properties and flatting efficiency for architectural and industrial coatings. Vertal® products are highly lamellar (platy), multi-functional, cost-effective mineral pigments that improve the performance and reduce the formulated costs of interior, exterior, waterborne and primers.
SOUTHEAST PERFORMANCE MINERALS
SEPM muscovite mica is a high purity, high aspect ratio, low bulk density, mica product. With unique processing and grinding technology, both dry and wet ground, were developed in-house and has several advantages over other mica grinding techniques.
SIBELCO
PORTAFIL high purity, high whiteness Aluminum Trihydrate (ATH) mineral filler, PORTARYTE natural batytes (BaSO4) delivers a range of benefits, from improving UV and chemical resistance in coatings due to its It has a high specific gravity (4.5) and very low solubility. PORTAFER M Magnetite.
TOLSA
PANGEL Sipiolite & Bentonite, CIMSIL Attapugite products are high-purity shear-thinning additives made from different clay minerals that can be used in both water and solvent-based systems. We offer products used as thickeners, providing high stability, preventing settling and syneresis, reducing paint film sagging while keeping good levelling properties
applications
DISPERSING & WETTING ADDITIVES
Disperse and stabilize pigment dispersions
Features: Optimize pigment loading & strength
Benefits: Reduce dispersion time and raw material costs
Suppliers: AFCONA Additives, Devine Chemical & ADM
FLATTING & MATTING ADDITIVES
Gloss reduction and Haptics
Features: Adjust gloss & sheen, add texture & haptics
Benefits: Gloss control, scratch & abrasion resistance, soft feel
Suppliers: Huber Pergopak, Micro Powders, PPG Silicas
RHEOLOGY MODIFIERS & THICKENERS
Rheology control and thickening
Features: Thickening and control of rheological properties
Benefits: Viscosity stability and preventing settling & syneresis
Suppliers: Tolsa, PPG Silicas, MiniFIBERS, Devine Chemical
SURFACE MODIFIERS
End-Product appearance and properties
Features: Adjust flow & leveling, defoaming & deaeration
Benefits: Product aesthetics and performance
Suppliers: AFCONA Additives, Devine Chemical, Micro Powders
PIGMENTS / COLORANTS
Impart color and aesthetics
Features: Absorb and reflect specific wavelengths of light to impart color or lack thereof and special optical effects
Benefits: Opacity, visibility, durability, and protection
Suppliers: Chemours TiO2, DCL Inorganic & Organic Pigments
FUNCTIONAL MINERAL PIGMENTS
Performance mineral fillers and pigments
Features: Naturally occurring, sustainable minerals
Benefits: Lower formulation costs, rheology control, durability &
chemical resistance, gloss control, VOC compliance
Suppliers: Burgess Pigment, Covia, Magris Talc, Sibelco, SEPM
RESINS
Protective Coating resins
Features: Water-based Acrylic & Polyurethane dispersions, PVOH resins
Benefits: Water-based formulation options for coatings requiring gloss, transparency, water & chemical resistance
Suppliers: Hauthaway, Kuraray, ZS Interpolymer
TESTING EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS
Formulation and Quality Control Evaluation
Features: Instrumentation for testing color, gloss, appearance and physical properties. Lab supplies i.e., drawdown charts, film thickness gauges, grind gauges
Benefits: Formulation & product development property Verification and quality assurance
Suppliers: BYK Gardner Instruments
