Aluminium Pastes
For
Industrial Coatings
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Distribution Of Shades In Solid &
Metallic For Automotive T/C
2001-2002 2002-2003 30 %
32 %
68 % 70 %
Solid
Metallic
2003-2004 25 % 2004-2005 20 %
75 % 80 % 2
CONTENTS
• Manufacturing Process Of Al Pastes
• Grades Of Al Pastes
• Leafing Pigments
• Non Leafing Pigments
Cornflake Pigments
Silverdollar Pigments
• Properties
• New developments
Coloured Al pigments
Vacuum Metallized Pigment
• Conclusion
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METALLIC FINISH
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Manufacturing Process
Of AL pastes
•Fatty acid Ball
mill
•aluminium
•mineral spirit
sieve
presses
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Grades of AL Pastes
• leafing • non-leafing
– stearic acid as – oleic acid as
lubricant lubricant
– aluminium particles – aluminium particles
float up to the
are distributed
surface
throughout all paint
– chromelike effect
layers
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Leafing Al pigments Non Leafing Al pigments
Lubricant :-Stearic acid Lubricant :-Oleic acid
CH3- (CH2)16 - C00H CH3-(CH2)7CH=CH-(CH2)7 -COOH
• Saturated Acid • Unsaturated Acid
• Oliophobic & • Oliophilic character
hydrophobic character
• Sufficient wetting
• Insufficient wetting
• Flakes rise to the • Flakes are dispersed in the
surface of the film medium
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Grades of AL Pastes
Leafing Non-leafing
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Leafing Pigments
•high reflection power
•chromelike effect
•less scratch resistance
•less recoatability
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Non-Leafing Pigments
•lower reflection power
•no chromelike effect
•good scratch resistance
•good recoatability
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Fields of Applications
Leafing Al pigments Non Leafing Al pigments
• For high performance • For Automotive
coating coatings
• For heat resistance • For Industrial Paints
paints
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Diagramatic
Representation
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