Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low chloride paint detackifier composition. Also disclosed are methods of making the paint detackifier composition and methods of using the paint detackifier composition. The detackifier may be made from cationized starch and sodium aluminate. The starch can be wheat starch, corn starch, tapioca starch, potato starch, rice starch, sweet potato starch, sago starch, mung bean starch, arrowroot starch, and any combination thereof.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The mobile paint factory may include a vehicle having a paint production system and a paint mixer located thereon. Furthermore, a method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The method may include: providing a mobile paint factory; prompting a user to select through the paint production system an interior or exterior application environment, a paint sheen, and a paint quality; automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints; and agitating the dispensed prepaints.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile-paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The mobile paint factory may include a vehicle having a paint production system and a paint mixer located thereon. Furthermore, a method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The method may include: providing a mobile paint factory; prompting a user to select through the paint production system an interior or exterior application environment, a paint sheen, and a paint quality; automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints; and agitating the dispensed prepaints.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and compositions are provided comprising titanium dioxide and silica spacers having improved light stability for use in paper, plastic and paints.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a highly concentrated pigment comprising from 75 to 95% by weight, preferably from 78 to 95% by weight, most preferred from 80 to 95% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a pigment; from 0 to 20% by weight, preferably from 5 to 18% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a resin; the total of pigment and resin being from 85 to 98% by weight of the composition; and from 1 to 15% by weight, preferably from 2 to 15% by weight, most preferably from 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a C10-C18 alcohol, a liquid hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than 80° C. at 105 Pa, or both a C10-C18 alcohol and a liquid hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than 80° C. at 105 Pa. Also claimed are a process for its manufacture, comprising dry-milling, blending and kneading the components, and the use of the pigment concentrates for the preparation of a masterbatch, ink, coating, plastic material, toner or colour filter.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of premixed aqueous compositions which are used to provide a paint composition of varying finish characteristics at the point of sale. Thus, the merchant distributing the paint composition made from the subject premixed compositions need only maintain inventory of four compositions. The particular compositions which are the subject of the invention exhibit stable characteristics during storage in their respective reservoirs. The compositions include a pigment composition, a dispersant thickening agent, a high resin content binder, and a low resin content binder. The compositions are combined in differing amounts to produce paint compositions being suitable for either interior or exterior use and having differing sheens, quality levels, and color bases.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a mixing scheme containing a plurality of pigmented base paint compositions having defined colors and optionally one or more non-pigmented base paint compositions comprising at least one rheology controlled base paint composition containing at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of inorganic pigments, di-keto-pyrrolo-pyrrole type pigments, organic liquid crystal type pigments and carbon black and having the following rheology profile

Abstract: Pigment preparations in granule form comprising as essential constituents from 50 to 99.5% by weight of at least one inorganic pigment and from 0.5 to 50% by weight of at least one organic pigment are prepared and used for coloring polymeric materials.

Abstract: A stir-in pigment composition for coloring high-molecular-weight material, particularly coatings and ink systems, comprises 85 to 99.5 parts by weight of a pigment and 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of an additive comprising a vinylpyrrolidone polymer or copolymer. The stir-in pigment composition is in the form of microgranules and is obtainable by spray drying a high solids content aqueous pigment dispersion containing the pigment and the additive. The new pigment composition powders are easily handled, easily wetted and disperse rapidly to form homogeneous aqueous pigment dispersions which are practically free of larger pigment aggregates and can readily be incorporated into aqueous ink and paint systems as stir-in pigments without a dispersion step in a bead mill.

Abstract: A method for making coated pigment particles by forming a suspension of the desired pigment particles in a medium that also comprises a polymer characterized by having hydrophobic moieties on the polymer backbone and ionic moieties that are present on, or can be formed on a polymer side chain or at the polymer terminals; allowing the suspension of pigment particles to contact said polymer at a temperature above the softening point of the polymer, allowing the resultant suspension to cool to a temperature below the solidification temperature for the polymer while maintaining the pigment particles in suspension, and, if required, forming the ionic moieties.

Abstract: A pigment of the present invention comprises:pigment particle as core particle;a lower coat formed on at least a part of surface of the pigment particle, comprising squaric acid, polyol having an anthraquinone skeleton represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein m is an integer of 0 to 4, n is an integer of 0 to 4 and m+n is an integer of 2 to 4,or a mixture of the squaric acid and the polyol having an anthraquinone skeleton represented by the general formula (I); andan upper coat formed on at least a part of surface of the obtained particle, comprising at least one alkylene glycol represented by the general formula (II):C.sub.q H.sub.2q (OH).sub.2 (II)wherein q is an integer of 2 to 10.Such pigment has excellent dispersion facility, dispersion homogeneity and dispersion stability, and is suitably used for not only organic solvent-type paints but also water-based paints.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system of natural colours consisting of thousands of coloured powders of mineral origin and of materials in or on which pigments have been applied and, afterwards, submitted to at least one thermal treatment and/or irradiation. These natural colours cover the totality of the visible spectrum and offer a great variety of tones, tints and reflections from white to black, including all the rainbow colours. The powders of this system are obtained by mechanical, chemical, thermal and/or physical processes and are used alone or in combination. They are particularly useful to colour materials and, more especially those used in the construction and architectural fields.

Abstract: The disclosure describes pigment compositions containing a small particle size porous filler and a pigment, and their use for preparing effect coating compositions which produce thin film finishes exhibiting strong lightness and color flop with a pronounced three dimensional effect. The thin film finishes are particularly interesting as automotive finishes.

Abstract: The invention relates to granules of inorganic pigments, a process for their production using several auxiliary substances by compacting and their use in many technical fields.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system of natural colors consisting of thousands of colored powders of mineral origin and of materials in or on which pigments have been applied and, afterwards, submitted to at least one thermal treatment and/or irradiation. These natural colors cover the totality of the visible spectrum and offer a great variety of tones, tints and reflections from white to black, including all the rainbow colors. The powders of this system are obtained by mechanical, chemical, thermal and/or physical processes and are used alone or in combination. They are particularly useful to color materials and, more especially those used in the construction and architectural fields.

Abstract: A stable lead chromate pigment composition comprising a lead chromate pigment which has been treated by forming a continuous amorphous silica encapsulation on the surface of each particle of the pigment and subsequently depositing an antimony compound on the silica encapsulation and the process for producing the same.

Abstract: Plastics are described which contain, in intimate contact with the pigments, boric acid in a quantity of 1 to 20% by weight, preferably 2 to 15% by weight, of the dry pigment. Also described is the process for producing said plastics, in which the usual plastic granules or powders are mixed with the above-mentioned quantities of boric acid before, during or after addition of the pigment, and the boric acid is brought into intimate contact with the pigment before further processing, of the particulate plastic is mixed with the pigment containing the above mentioned quantities of boric acid before being subjected to further processing under thermal stress.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of lead molybdate pigments containing lead chromate, lead sulfate and lead molybdate, which comprises preparing the lead molybdate pigments by reacting an aqueous solution of a lead salt with an aqueous solution containing chromate, molybdate and sulfate salts or with an aqueous solution of each of said salts using 2 to 5 mol % of lead molybdate seed crystals, based on the total molar amount of lead chromate, lead sulfate and lead molybdate. The lead molybdate pigments so obtained are strong and are highly suitable for coloring organic materials of high molecular weight.

Abstract: Orthorhombic greenish-tinged lead chromate pigments containing lead chromate and lead sulfate in a weight ratio of 91:9 to 100:0 and distinguished by a tinctorial strength of 0.053 to 0.066 at a standard depth of color of 1/25 in accordance with DIN 53235 are obtainable by mixing an aqueous solution of a lead salt with an aqueous solution of a chromate and, if necessary, of a sulfate under high turbulence in the presence of an aluminium salt and in the absence of zinc salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to orthorhombic lead chromate pigments of greenish hue, which contain lead chromate and lead sulfate in the weight ratio of 60:40 to 100:0, and which are characterized by a tinctorial strength of 0.067 to 0.103 at a standard depth of shade of 1/25 in accordance with DIN 53 235 and by an opacity factor Y.sub.black /Y.sub.white of 0.78 to 0.87. These pigments are obtainable by mixing an aqueous solution of a chromate and, if necessary, of a sulfate, under high turbulence.

Abstract: A pigment composition, particularly adapted for the coloring of plastics materials, consisting of pigments comprising lead chromate, lead sulfochromate, lead molyb-do-sulfochromate, zinc chromate or strontium chromate and being covered by a film formed by an ester of an aromatic or aliphatic tricarboxylic acid and an aliphatic alcohol; the composition is remarkably stable at high temperature and improves the viscosity conditions of the semi-molten mass formed by the composition plus the polymer to be colored.